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JUlJLlOGRArilY  OF  RHODE  ISLAND. 


A    CATALOG  U  E 


BOOKS  AND  OTHER  PUBLICATIONS 


KEf.ATINCi    TO    THE 


STATE  OF  KHODE  ISLAND, 


WITH    NOTES, 


HISTORICAL,  BIOGRAPHICAL  AND  CRITICAL. 


BY    JOHN     RUSSELL    BARTLETT. 


PROVIDENCE: 

AT.FRKl)      ANTHONY.      PRINTER      TO      THE      STATE. 
1864. 


ONE    HONORED    AND    FIFTY    COPIES    PRINTED. 


P  li  K  F  A  C  E  . 


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^Q"7S»P<I1K  jihin  of  tliis  liibliij;;i-ap|]y,  is  to  i^ixL'  tlio  tilk'  nt'  l-vlm'v  priiiluil 
\i^7  book  iiml  pamphlet  that  relates,  in  any  way,  to  the  State  of  Rhode 
c^'kA  Island.  Among  these  are  classes  of  books  that  may  not  directly 
relate  to  its  history,  yet  relate  to  men  who  have  been  prominent 
in  its  annals,  who  have  rendereil  distinguisliod  service  in  public  life,  or  who,  by 
their  virtuous  and  good  deeds,  deserve  to  be  remembered.  Thus  Funeral 
Sermons,  as  they  generally  relate  to  men  who  have  left  an  impress  upon  so- 
ciety, are  mentioned.  Discourses  at  the  Ordination  of  Ministers,  and  those 
at  the  Consecration  of  Churches.  Addresses  before  Literary,  Scientific,  Re- 
ligious, Agricultural,  Mechanical  and  Temperance  Societies,  Fourth  of 
.fuly  Orations,  Political  Addresses  ;  all  these  relate,  more  or  less,  to  persons  or 
things  in  the  State,  or  to  its  Institutions,  and  hence  deserve  to  be  mentioned 
in  a  list  of  books  appertaining  to  the  State.  Then  our  venerable  institu- 
tion of  learning,  IJrown  University,  now  in  the  hundredth  year  of  its  exis- 
tence, deserves  as  full  mention  as  we  can  give  it.  Every  book  and  pam- 
phlet, therefore,  relating  to  the  Institution  is  mentioned.  This  list  includes 
every  Oration,  Address,  and  Poem  before  it,  or  any  of  its  Societies  ;  together 
with  Catalogues  of  Students  and  of  Books  from  its  foundation,  thus  forming  a 
key  to  its  literary  history.  The  snlijects  of  Education  and  Public  Schools,  have 
also  had  attention.  The  publications  of  our  various  religious  sects  are  also 
noted.  Those  of  the  Baptists,  the  largest  and  oldest  sect  in  the  State,  are  very 
full  and  complete.  To  Mr.  R  A.  Guild,  the  accomplished  Librarian  of  Brown 
University,  I  am  indebted  for  the  completeness  of  the  bibliography  of  Brown 
University  and  of  the  Baptists.  On  the  long-disputed  Boundary  Questions, 
thirty-two  works  are  named,  with  an  analysis,  or  list  of  the  important  papers 
which  the  large  volumes  contain.  But,  perhaps  the  most  important  class  of 
books  mentioned  is  that  which  relates  to  the  Constitution  of  1842,  adopted  by 
Rhode  Island.  This  includes  one  hundred  and  four  separate  titles,  and  reters 
to  38.5  documents  and  State  papers,  the  titles  uf  which  are  given. 


i\-.  rui;r\t'K. 

Tlie  titles  of  Books  in  tliis  catalogue  are  given  iinJer  tlie  authors'  names, 
alpliabetically  arranged,  except  in  cases  wliere  tliey  come  under  a  particular 
liead.     The  titles  arranged  in  classes  arc  as  follows: 

Almanacs.  Friends,  Publications  of  tlie  Society  of. 

Anti-Masonry.  Ives  and  Hazard  Case. 

Averv  Case.  Law  Cases,  ov  Celelirated  Trials. 

Baptists.  Schools. 

Boundary  Line.  Temperance. 

Brown  University.  State  Papers. 

Constitution  of  18-H'.  Slate  Debt  of  lihudc  Islauil. 

Fourth  of  July  Orations. 

Books  relating  to  either  of  the  above-named  subjects,  will  be  found  under 
those  iieads,  alphabetically  arranged.  The  titles  of  many  will,  likewise,  be 
found  repeated  under  the  authors'  names  in  their  alphabetical  places. 

A  few  books  relating  to  Xew  England  in  general,  are  mentioned.  This  list 
might  have  been  greatly  extended.  In  a  bibliography  of  Massachusettts,  this 
class  of  books,  might,  with  more  propriety,  be  included. 

The  earliest  book,  whose  title  is  given  in  the  bibliography  is.  Ilakhn't's 
"  Divers  Voyages,"  printed  in  London,  in  liJSli,  which  contains  the  voyage  of 
Yerrazzano  to  the  coast  of  America,  in  lo"il,  when  he  entered  Xarragaiisett 
Bay,  which  he  describes. 

It  is  proper  to  state  that  every  bcok  and  pamphlet  mentioned  in  this  Cata- 
logue is  in  the  State,  either  in  public  or  ))rivate  libraries,  and  hence  accessible. 
Those  printed  before  the  j-ear  1800,  including  those  of  great  rarity,  by 
Roger  Williams,  Gorton,  Coddington,  Winslow,  JIather,  and  others  of  the 
ITtli  and  ISth  centuries,  are  in  the  library  of  our  townsman,  John  Carter 
Brown,  Esq.  All  the  books  relating  to  the  "  Baptists,"  and  to  "Brown  Uni- 
versity," with  many  others  named  in  this  catalogue,  are  in  the  Library  of 
that  Institution.  Of  the  more  modern  books,  or  those  printed  during  the 
present  century  and  a  portion  of  the  last,  the  greater  number  are  in  the  library 
of  our  townsman,  the  Hon.  Albert  G.  Greene.  In  political  pamphlets,  the  col- 
lection of  the  Hon.  Elisha  R.  Potter,  of  Kingston,  R.  I.,  is  very  large,  perhaps 
not  surpassed  by  any  in  the  State.  The  Hon.  William  R.  Staples,  of  Provi- 
dence, and  Dr.  David  King,  of  Newport,  have  also  very  considerable  collections 
of  pamphlets  relating  to  the  State.  To  all  these  gentlemen,  I  take  this  occa- 
sion to  return  my  sincere  thanks  for  the  facilities  afforded  me  in  the  examina- 
tion of  their  libraries;  for,  with  the  exception  of  a  few  titles  furnished  me,  I 
have  examined  and  collated  every  book  mentioned  in  this  ('atalogue. 

Proviilriia;  April,  1804.  J.  U.  B. 


BIBLIOGRAPHY. 


-Sr^^^'^-c 


;jfpMf/  CTS  AND  RESOLVES  of  the  Gener; 
*i^°"^li')    ^V  °^  t'^®  Governor  and  Company  of  tli 


•al  Assem- 
le  English 
^     Colony  of  Rhode  Island,  and   Trovidcnce  Plan- 
tations, in  New  England,  in  America.     07  vols, 
folio.     Providence  and  Newport,  1747  to  1815. 

Tlie  earliest  printed  volume  of  the  Acts  and  Resolves,  or,  as  tliey  are  more 
frequently  called,  the  "  Schedules"  of  the  General  Assembly,  bears  the 
date  of  1747,  though  the  earliest  publication  in  the  State  Library  is  1758, 
from  which  period,  the  State  series  is  complete  to  the  present  time.  Mr. 
John  Carter  Brown,  whose  unrivalled  collection  of  books  is  well  known, 
is  so  fortunate  as  to  possess  a  sett  which  goes  back  to  the  year  17-17. 
There  are  also  tolerably  perfect  setts  in  the  Library  of  the  Khode  Island 
Historical  Society,  in  that  of  the  Hon.  Albert  G.  Greene,  of  Providence, 
and  in  the  possession  of  the  City  of  Providence.  How  complete  the 
setts  are  in  the  other  towns  in  the  State,  I  am  not  aware. 

In  the  Schedule  for  July,  1776,  the  title  of  "  Colony"  is  changed  to 
that  of  the  "  State  of  Rhode  Island  and  Providence  Plantations."  Tlie 
folio  series  terminates  with  the  February  session,  1817,  since  which  time 
the  publication  has  been  continued  in  the  octavo  form.  The  separate 
title  of  "Acts  and  Resolves  of  the  General  Assembly,"  etc.,  was  first 
prefi.xed  to  the  publication  of  the  January  session,  1850,  and  has  been 
since  so  continued.  Each  session  is  separately  printed,  with  an  Index. 
A  complete  Index  to  all  the  printed  Acts,  Resolves,  Reports,  etc.,  was 
compiled  by  John  R.  Rartlett,  Secretary  of  State,  which  extends  to  the 
close  of  the  year  1850,  and  printed  by  order  of  the  General  Assembly, 
(see  Bartlett.)  This  Index  was  continued  by  the  same  to  the  end  of  the 
year  1862,  and  printed  in  the  year  1863. 


O  ItlliLlUGKWHV    OF 

The  Acts  and  Resolves  of  tlie  General  Assemlily,  previous  to  1747,  as 
well  as  the  Records  and  Proceedings  of  the  four  earliest  settled  towns  of 
the  Colony,  beginning  in  the  year  I606,  will  be  found  at  length  in  the 
"  Colonial  Records,"  which  see  under  its  title  for  particulars. 

Acts  and  Resolves  of  tlie  General  Assembly,  from  1815  to 

the  present  time. 
8vo.  Providence.    Various  Printers. 

The  Acts  of  the  Eldeks,  commonly  called  the  Book  of 
Abraham  ;  containing  a  revelation  made  to  him  at  a  pro- 
tracted meeting,  to  which  is  appended  a  chapter  from  the 
Book  of  Religious  Errors,  with  notes  of  explanation  and 
commentation,  from  commencement  to  termination.  Cal- 
culated for  the  meridian  of  Rhode  Island  ;  but  will  answer 
for  the  New  England  States.     Written  by  Himself 

Square  12mo.  pp.  160.     Prov.  Printed  for  the  purchaser.  1842. 

This  curious  book  relates  to  the  dissensions  among  various  religious  denomi- 
nations in  Rhode  Island.  It  is  written  in  scriptural  language  and  divided 
into  chapters  and  verses. 

Ax    AccouxT  of   the  Massachusetts    Society  for    promoting 

Christian  Knowledge. 
12mo.  pp.  81.  Andover.  For  the  use  of  the  Society.  1815. 

In  this  pamphlet  is  the  report  of  two  missionaries  who  were  sent  to  Rhode 
Island  to  examine  its  religious  condition.  Their  report  exhibits  a  sad 
condition  of  the  people.  After  relating  accounts  of  their  visits  to  various 
parts  of  the  State,  the}'  add,  "From  the  mass  of  materials, contained  in 
the  journals,  it  would  bo  easy  to  multiply  facts  in  proof  of  the  deplorable 
condition  of  Rliode  Island,  with  regard  to  learning,  religion  and  morals. 
Those  given,  it  is  presumed,  will  suffice  to  excite  the  compassion  of  every 
man,  who  has  a  heart  to  feel  for  the  complicated  wretchedness  of  so  many 
thousands  of  his  fellow  men  in  a  neighboring  sister  State,"  etc.  p.  40. 

An  Account  of  the  Pir.\tes,  with  divers  of  their  Speeches, 
Letters,  &c.  And  a  Poem  made  by  one  of  them  :  Who 
were  executed  at  Newport,  on  Rhode  Island,  July  19th, 
1723. 

12mo.  pp.  16.  lie-p-inted  in  the  year  1769. 

Extract  from  tlie  introduction.  "A  number  of  Men,  gathered,  by  the  wonder- 
ful Rroviik'uce  of  God,  from  several  I'arts  of  the  British  World  ;  from  Eng- 
land, from  WfiUs,  from  Scotland,  Inland,  TsU  of  Man,  the  Massaclmsetts, 
(in  Xevv-Kngland)  from  Xeio-York,  from  J'mnsi/lranla,  from  Viri/inia,  from 
Barbados,  taken  by  a  Man  of  AVar,  on.Iune  10th  ;  were  brouglit  into  this 
Harbor  June  llth,  and  were  confined  in  Prison    lune  12th.     (Seven  more 


KlIODE    ISI.AiNl).  ( 

on  Juhf  lltli.)  One  of  these  ijiod,  (on  Julii  loth)  all  the  rest  were  tried  on 
Juli)  11  and  12.  Eight  were  cleared,  twenty-eight  were  found  guilty  of 
Piracy,  and  were  condemned  to  die  ;  two  of  them  were  reprieved,  twenty- 
six  were  executed  Julij  I'J,  1720." 

Acts  of  thk  Commissioners  of  the  United  Colonies  of  New 
England.  [Printed  with  the  Records  of  the  Colony  of 
New  Plj'tiiouth.]  Printed  by  order  of  the. Legislature  of 
the  Coinmoiiwealth  of  Massachusetts.  Edited  by  David 
Pulsifer. 

2  vols,  small  folio.  Vol.  1, 1643  to  1651,  pp.  xvi.  and  237,  vol. 

2.  pp.  492.         From  the  Press  of  William  Wliite,  Printer 

to  the  Commonwealth.  Boston.  1859. 

For  the  same,  see  Hazard's  State  Papers. 

Adams,  John  G.  Rev.     Our  Country,  and  its  claims  upon  us. 

An  oration  delivered  before  the  municipal  authorities  and 

citizens  of  Providence,  July  4, 1863. 
8vo.  pp.  SO.  Providence.  Knowles,  Anthony  <|-  Co.  1863. 

Adams,  Samuel  Smith.     Eulogy  on.     See  Isaac  Fisk. 

An  Address  to  the  citizens  of  Rhode  Island  on  the  choice  of 
Electors  of  President  and  Vice  President  of  the  United 
States. 

8vo.  pp.  15.  November.  1808. 

Tlie  persons  recommended  for  electors  were  Thomas  P.  Ives,  of  Providence, 
Christopher  Fowler,  of  Newport,  James  Rhodes,  of  Warwick,  and  Thomas 
Noyes,  of  Westerly. 

Address  to  the  Freemen  of  the  State  of  Rhode  Island.     By  a 

citizen.     Dated  at  Warwick,  March  6,  1817. 
8vo.  pp.  14.  JSTo  2}lace.  [1817.] 

Relates  to  the  State  Election,  la  which  William  Jones  and  NehemiahR.  Knight 
were  candidates  for  the  office  of  Governor. 

Address  to  the  Freemen  of  Rhode  Island,  by  a  Freeman,  [rel- 
ative to  the  election  of  Representatives  to  Congress,  Tristam 
Burges  and  William  Sprague  being  candidates.] 

8vo.  pp.  12.  No  place  or  date. 

Address  to  the  Freemen  of  Rhode  Island,  on  the  annual  elec- 
tion of  State  Officers,  to  take  place  April  16,  1828. 
8vo.  pp.  16.  ^Providence.  1828.] 


O  HIUUOGRAPHT    OF 

Address  to  the  Farmers  of  Rhode  Island,  on  the  subject  of  the 

General  Election  of  Officers,  in  April,  1828.  By  a  Farmer. 

12mo.  pp.  12.  Providence.  H.  H.  Brotvn.  1828. 

An  Address  to  the  People  of  Rhode  Island  ;  proving  that 
more  than  eight  millions  of  public  money  has  been  wasted 
by  the  present  administration.     By  a  Landholder. 

8vo.  pp.  28.  Providence.  John  S.  Green.  1828. 

Ascribed  to  Wilkins  Updike,  Esq.,  of  Kingston. 

Address  to  the  Freemen  of  the  Agricultural  and  Manufactur 
ing  interests  of  Rhode  Island. 

8vo.  pp.  24.  Providence.  Herald  Office.  1829. 

Ax  Address  to  the  Freemen  of  Rhode  Island,  by  a  Republi- 
can Farmer. 
8vo.  pp.  20.  \_Providence.  1828  or  1829.] 

Relates  to  tiie  election  of  Representatives  to  Congress.  Tristam  Surges  and 
Dutee  J.  Pearce  on  the  one  hand,  and  Samuel  Eddy  and  Job  Durfee  on 
the  other. 

Address.  Slanders  Refuted,  being  a  reply  to  the  foul  and 
abusive  attacks  made  on  Dutee  J.  Pearce,  and  Tristam 
B  urges. 

8vo.  pp.  18.  No  Place  or  date. 

Address  to  the  Freemen  of  Rhode  Island.     By  a  Landholder. 

[E.  R.  Potter.] 
8vo.  pp.  16.  Providence.  Herald  Office.  1831. 

An  Address  to  the  Freemen  of  Rhode  Island  on  the  subject 

of  the  Spring  Elections,  1832.     By  a  Republican  Farmer. 

8vo.  pp.  16.  '  April.  1832. 

[Address]  To  the  Farmers  of  Rhode  Island  !     By  a  Farmer. 
8vo.pp.  7.  1835. 

Written  when  Mr.  Knight  was  a  candidate  for  Governor  in  1834  or  1835. 

An  Address  to  the   Whigs  of  Rhode   Island,   with   political 

portraits.-    The  Scourge  No.  1. 
8vo.  pp.  8  No  date. 

Relative  to  the  contest  between  Gov.  Fenner  and  the  Hon.  Charles  .Tack.son, 
signed  "  Terry  Durham  " 


Q 

RHOOK,    ISLAND.  *' 


Adduess  of  the  Whig  State  Convention  to  the  People  of  Rhode 
Island.     [Signed  by  W.  R.  Watson  and  Charles  Randall.] 

8vo.  pp.  24.       "  ^^^^• 

Address  of  the  Rhode  Island  State  Republican  Committee  to 
the  electors  of  Rhode  Island. 

8vo.  pp.  7.  Providence.  KnowUs,  Anthony  cf-  Co.  1859. 

Address  of  the  Republican  State  Central  Committee  to  the 

Electors  of  Rhode  Island. 
8vo.  pp.  8.  Providence.  Knowles,  Anthony  ^  Co.  1860. 

[Address]  To  the  Freemen  of  Rhode  Island !  From  a  Rhode 

Island  Freeman. 
8vo.  pp.  12.  ^^  ^^'■ 

Urges  the  election  of  Messrs.  Surges  and  Cranston  to  Congress. 
[Address]   To  the  Democratic  Party  of  Rhode  Island. 
8vo.  pp.  10.  IM^^-  1*^^*^-1 

The  Address  of  a  Farmer  to  the  Honest  Men  of  all  parties 

in  the  State  of  Rhode  Island  and  Providence   Plantaaons. 

[By  Tristam  Surges.] 

Q       „.,  1 1^  ^0  date. 

8vo.  pp.  lo. 

Address  of  John  Whipple,  to  the  people  of  Rhode  Island,  on 

the  approaching  election. 

8vo.  pp.  16.  Providence.  Knowles  ^  Vose.  1843. 

A.v  Address  to  the  people  of  Rhode  Island,  published  in  the 
Providence  Journal,  in  a  series  of  articles,  during  the  months 
of  September  and  October,  1844.     By  Hamilton. 

8vo.  pp.  44.  Providence.  Knoivles  ^  Vose.  1844. 

"  The  Whig  Party  ;  its  objects— its  principles— its  candidates— its  duties  and 
its  prospects." 

An  Address  to  the  people  of  Rhode  Island,  upon  the  course  of 
the  Hon.  Elisha  R.  Potter,  in  the  House  of  Representatives 
of  the  United  States,  upon  the  question  of  the  annexation 
of  Te.xas  ;  with  an  outline  of  the  proceedings  of  the  Con- 
vention at  which  he  was  nominated  for  re-election.  (By 
Young  Narragansett.) 

8vo.  pp.  I  [1845.] 


10  DIlU.UIGKAPHy    OF 

An  Address  to  the  people  of  Rhode  Island,  upon  the  claims 
of  Wilkins  Updike  to  a  seat  in  the  Congress  of  the  United 
States.     By  a  true  Whig. 

8vo.  pp.  8.       '  [1847.] 

Adlam,  S.  The  First  Church  in  Providence,  not  the  oldest 
of  the  Baptists  in  America,  attempted  to  be  shewn.  By 
S.  Adlam,  Pastor  of  the  First  Church  in  Newport,  R.  I. 

8vo.  pp.  28.  Newport.   Cranston  <f-  Norman.  1850. 

A  Few  Okseevations  on  the  government  of  the  State  of 
Rhode  Island.     By  a  citizen. 

8vo.  pp.  18.  Providence.  John  Carter.  1809. 

Affaires  De  L'Axgi.eterre  et  l'Amerique.. 

17  vols.  8vo.  A  Anvers.  1776. 

This  remarkable  collection  is  so  little  known,  (from  its  great  scarcity,)  that 
no  satisfactory  account  of  it  exists.  It  has  been  supposed  that  it  was  a 
translation  or  imitation  of  the  "American  Remembrancer;"  but  a  slight 
examination  will  show  that  the  contents  are  quite  different.  In  the  pre- 
face it  is  styled  "  a  chonological  collection  of  acts  .and  discussions  to  serve 
as  a  political  history  of  England  .and  the  Colonies."  It  was  issued  in 
"  Cahiers"  or  parts,  and  appears  to  have  been  printed  in  one  year  ;  and 
though  it  bears  the  name  of  "  Anvers,"  was  probably  printed  in  Paris. 
Among  the  editors  (according  to  Barbier)  were  Franklin,  Cour  de  Gebelin> 
Robinet,  etc.  It  relates  to  the  Revolutionary  war,  and  contains  much 
about  tlie  operations  in  Rhode  Island.  Copies  of  this  scarce  work  are  in 
tlie  Library  of  Hartford  College,  of  Mr.  J.  Carter  Brown,  in  Providence, 
and  of  Dr.  King,  in  Newport. 

African  Church.  A  short  history  of  the  African  Union 
i\Ieeting  House,  erected  in  Providence,  R.  I.,  in  the  years 
1819-20-21,  with  notes  for  its  future  Government. 

8vo.  pp.  32.  Providence.  Brown  if-  Danforth.  1821. 

Agricultural  Reports.  See  Rhode  Island  Agricultural 
Society  for  the  Encouragement  of  Domestic  Industry. 

A  Letter  to  a  Member  of  Congress  on  the  subject  of  a  British 
War,  dated  Providence,  February  2,  1812. 

8vo.  pp.  32.  -  Providence.  John  Carter.  1812. 

Angell,  Joseph  K.  An  Essay, upon  the  right  of  a  State  to 
tax  a  body  corporate,  considered  in  relation  to  the  present 
Bank  Tax  in  Rhode  Island. 

8vo.  pp.  44.     Boston.  HiUiard,  Gray,  Little  ^'  Wilkins.  1857. 


Kllom;    ISLAND.  11 

Angeli,  Will  Cask.  The  Angell  Will  Case,  recently  adju- 
dicated, in  Providence,  R.  I.  By  I.  Ray,  M.  D.  From 
the  American  Journal  of  Insanity,  for  October,  1863. 

8vo.  pp.  4:].  UUca,  N.  Y.  1863. 

Answer  to  the  White- Washing  Committee.  Broadside.  1831. 

Relates  to  the  pamphlet  entitled  "  E:faminatioii  of  certain  charges  against  Lem- 
uel II.  Arnold." 

Anthony,  Susanna.  The  Life  and  Character  of  Susanna 
Anthony,  who  died  in  Newport,  R.  I.,  June  28,  1791,  in 
the  (joth  year  of  her  age.  Consisting  chiefly  in  extracts 
from  her  writings,  with  some  brief  observations  on  them. 
V>y  Samuel  Hopkins,  D.  D.,  Pastor  of  the  First  Congrega- 
tional Church  in  Newport. 

12mo.  pp.168.  Hartford.  Hudson^-  Goodwin.  1799. 

First  edition  printed  in  Worcester,  Mass. 

Antoine,  Jos.  Examination  of  Joseph  Antoine,  John  Fran- 
soeis  Wohlfahrt,  and  Joanna  Susan  Wohlfahrt,  suspected 
of  the  murder  of  Samuel  Field  and  Francis  C.  Jenkerson  ; 
before  Justices  Aplin,  Staples  and  Patten. 

8vo.  pp.  32.  Providence  H.  E.  Broum.  1828. 

Ai.LEN,  Paul.  Oration  at  th^  election  of  the  ofHters  of  the 
Independent  Companies  of  the  town  of  Providence,  April 
29, 1799.  Published  at  the  request  of  the  Independent  Co. 
Cadets. 

8vo.  pp.  14.  Providence.  John  Carter.  Jan.  1799. 

Allen,  Capt.  Wm.  H.,  U.  S.  N,.  See  notice  of,  in  Ameri- 
can Naval  Biography.     By  Isaac  Bailey.     1815. 

Sketch  of,  in  R.  I.  Literary  Repository,  with  a  por- 
trait. Providence.  1814. 

Allen,  Zachariaii.  Memorial  of  Roger  Williams.  A  pa- 
per read  before  the  Rhode  Island  Historical  Society,  May 
18, 1860. 

12mo.  pp.  10.  Providence.  1860. 

Allyn,  Robert.     A  Special  Report  of  the  Commissioner  of 


12  BIBUOGRAFHY    OF 

Public   Schools,  on    Truancy  and   Absenteeism  in  Rhode 
Island,  made  by  order  of  the  General  Assembly,  at  its  May 
session,  1856. 
8vo.  pp.  35  and  sxviii. 

Providence.  A.  Crawford  Gree^u  <|'  Bro.  1856. 

ALMANACS.     Printed  in  Rhode  Island. 


Poor  Job.     An  Almanack,  &c.,  1751  to  1755,  (by  Job 

Shepherd,  Philom.) 

12mo.  Neivport.  Printed  by  James  Franklin. 

The  Rhode  Island  Almanac,  1772,  (by  John  An- 
derson, Philmath.) 

12mo.  Newport.  Printed  by  Solomon  Soutltuich. 

The  New  England  Almanack,  1772,  by  Benjamin 

Wirt,  A.  M. 

12mo.  Newport.  Printed  by  Ebenezer  Campbell. 

The  North  American  Calendar,  1784,  by  Benja- 
min West,  A.  M.,  A.  A.  S. 

12mo.  Newport.  Printedby  Bennett  Wlteeler. 

An  Almanack,  1788,  1789,  by  Elisha   Thornton,  of 

Smithfield. 

12mo.  Newport.  Printed  by  Peter  Edes. 

The  Rhode  Island  Almanac,  1791, 1792.     The  As- 
tronomical calculations  by  E.  Thornton. 

12mo.  Newport.  Printed  by  Peter  Edes. 

The  Newport  Almanac,  1800. 

12mo.         Neivport.  Printed  by  Oliver  Farnsworth,  Printer  to 
the  State  of  Rhode  Island. 

The  New  England  Calendar  and  Ephemeris,  1800. 

The  Astronomical  Calculations  by  Eliab  Wilkinson,  of  Smith- 
field,  Philom. 

12mo.       Newport.  Printed  for  Jacob  Richardson,  of  Newport. 

The  Rhode  Isi.and  Almanac,  1804  to  1806.     The  . 

Astronomical  Calculations  by  Benjamin  West,  L.  L.  D. 

12mo.  Newport.  Printed  by  Oliver  Farnsworth. 

The  Columbian  Calendar,  an  Almanac,  1800.     By 


KUODE      ISLAM).  13 

Eeiningtoii  Soutlnvick,  Teacher  of  Mathematics  in  Wash- 
ington Academy. 
12ino.  Newport.  Printed  for  the  Author. 

TriK  Nkmtokt  TiDK  Almaxac,  1864.' 

12mo.  Published  by  Charles  E.  Ilammctt,  Esq. 

The  Rhode  Island  Almanac,  with  an  Ephemeris  for 

the  year  1794.     Tlie  Astronomical 'CalcuLations  by  Elisha 
Tliornton. 

12mo.  Printed  at  Warren,  R.  I.,  by  Nathaniel  Phillips,  for 
Jacob  Richardson,  Esq.  Newport. 

Piiii.Lirs's  United  States  Diaky,  or  an  Almanac,  1798. 

Printed  at  Warren,  R.  I.,  by  Nathaniel  Phillips. 

The  Almanac,  17G3,  by  Benjamin  West,  Philomath. 

12mo.  Printed  and  sold  by  William  Goddard. 

The  New  England  Almanac,  1764,  17G5,  by  Ben- 
jamin West,  Philomath. 

12mo.  Printed  and  sold  by  William  Goddard. 

Do.     Do.     17GG,  by  Benjamin  West,  Pliilomath. 

12m().     Providence,   in  New  Enyland.     Printed  and  sold  by 

Sarah  and   William  Goddard,  at  the  Post   Office. 

Do.     Do.     17G7,  by  Benjamin  West,  Philomath. 

1 2mo.  Providence,  in  New  England.  Printed  and  sold  by 
Sarah  Goddard  and  Company. 

Do.     Do.     17G8.     By  Benjamin  West,  Philomath. 

12mo.     Providence,  New  England.     Printed  and  sold  by  Sarah 

Goddard  and  John  Garter,  at  SJiakspeare's  Mead. 

Do.     Do.     1799.     By  Benjamin  West,  Philomath. 

12mo.  Boston.  Printed  by  Mein  <f  Fleming,  at  the  Netv  Print- 
ing Office  in  Neiebury  Street,  and  to  be  sold  by 
Mein,  at  the  London  Book  Store,  North  side  of 
King  Street,  and  by  Benjamin  West  (the  Author'), 
in  Providence.  Price,  two  jristareens  bi^  the  Dozen, 
and  six  coppers  single. 

Do.     Do.     1770  to  1773,  by  Benjamin  West,  A.  M. 

12mo.     Providence.  Printed  and  sold  by  John  Carter,  at  his 

Printing  Office,  the  sign  of  Shakspeare's  Head. 


14  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF 

Do.     Do.  •  1774  to  1780,  Lj^  Benjamin  West,  A.  M. 


12mo.     Providence.    Printed  and  sold   by  John   Carter^  at 
Shakspeare's  Head,  in  Meeting  Street. 

Do.      Do.     1781   to  1790.     ("  By  Isaac  Bickerstaff, 

Esq.,  Philom.") 
12mo.     Providence.  Printed  and  sold  by  John  Carter.,  at  the 
Post  Office,  at  Shakspeare's  Head. 

Do.     Do.     1791,1792.  ("  By  Isaac  Bickerstaff,  Esq.) 


12mo.     Providence.  Printed  and  sold  by  John  Carter,  at  the 
Post  Office. 

Do.  Do.  1793.  ("By  Isaac  Bickerstaff,  Esq.,  Philom.") 

12mo.     Providence.  Printed  and  sold  by  John  Carter. 

Do.  Do.   1794.  ("By  Isaac  Bickerstaff,  Esq.,  Philom.") 

12mo.     Providence.  Printed  and  sold  by  Carter  <^'   Wilkin- 
son. 

Do.     Do.     1795,  179G.     The  Astronomical  Calcula- 
tions by  Elisha  Thornton,  Philom. 

12mo.     Providence.  Printed  and  sold  by  Carter  and  Wil- 
kinson. 

Do.     Do.     1797.     The  Astronomical  Calculations  by 

Elisha  Thornton  and  Eliab  Wilkinson.  Philom. 

12mo.     Providence.  Printed  by    Carter  t^-    Wilkinson,  and 
sold  at  their  Book  and  Stationery  Store. 

Do.     Do.     1798,  1799.  ("  By  Isaac  Bickerstaff,  Esq.) 

12mo.     Providence.   Printed  by  Carter  4'    Wilkinson,  and 

sold  at  their  Book  and  Stationery  Store. 

Do.     Do.     1800  to  1814.     ("  By  Isaac  Bickerstaff.") 

12mo.  Providence,  R.  I.  Printed  by  John   Carter. 

Do.    Do.  1815,1816.   ("By  Isaac  Bickerstaff,  Esq.") 

12mo.     Ptitvidence.  Printed  by  Broirn  ^-  Wilson,  near  the 

South-east  corner  of  the  Market  House. 

Do.     Do.     1817  to  1820.     ("By  Isaac  Bickerstaff.") 


12mo.  •  Providence.  Printed  and  sold  by  Hugh  H.  Brown. 


nHODK     I,SLA^'U. 


15 


Do.     Do.     1821  to  182.^.     ("  By  Isaac  Bickcrstaff.") 

12mo.     Providence.  Printed  luid  sold  by  Brown  Sf  Danforth. 

■     Do.     Do.  182G,  1827.  ("By  Isaac  Bickerstaff,  Esq.") 

12mo.     Providence.  Printed  end  sol  1 1 y  Carl'le  Sf  Broivn. 

Do.  Do.  1828  to  1861.   ("By  Isaac  Bickerstaff,  Esq.") 

12ino.     Providence.  Printed  and  sold  by  H.  H.  Brown. 

Do.    Do.  18G2  to  18G4.  ("By  Isaac  Bickerstaff,  Esq.") 

12ino.  Published  and  sold  by  A.  Crawford,  Greene. 

The  New  England  Town  and  County  Almanac, 

1769.     ("  By  Abraham  Weatlierwise,  Gent." 

12mo.  Providence.  Printed  and  sold  by  Josiah  Goddard  Sf 
John  Carter,  at  Shakspeare' s  Head,  [ivith  Por- 
trait, Sj-c,  of  John  Wilk-s,  Esq.) 

— ■ —     TitE  North  American  Calendar,  or  An  Almanac, 

1780.     ("  By  John  Anderson,  A.  M.") 
12mo.     Providence.  Printed  and  sold  by  Bennett  Wheeler, 
at  the  New  Printing-  Office  in  the  Main  Street. 

The  North  American  Calendar,  &c.,  1782  to  1785, 

by  Benjamin  West,  A.  A.  S. 

12mo.  Providence.  Printed  by' Bennett  Wheeler. 

Do.     Do.  1786.  ("  By  Copernicius  Partridge,  A.  :M.") 

12m().  Providence.  Printed  by  Bennett  Wheeler. 

Do.     Do.     1787  to  1798.     By  Benjamin  West,  Pro- 
fessor of  Mathematics  and  Astronomy  in  the  College  of  R.  I. 

12mo.  Providence.  Printed  by  Bennett  Wheeler. 

Wheeler's  North  American  Calendar,  &c.,  1789 

to  1803. 

12mo.  Providence.    Printed  by  Bennett  Wheeler, 

Providence   Almanac   and    Business    Directory, 

1843  to  1815,  by  Benjamin  Fillmore. 

18mo.  Providence.  Printed  by  B.  F.  Moore. 

Do.     Do.     1816  to  1850,  by  John  F.  ]\Ioore. 

18mo.  Providence.  Printed  by  J.  F.  Moore. 

Providence  Almanac  and  Business  Directory,  con- 
taining also  a  Business  Directory  for  the  City  of  Newport; 


16  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF 

also  for  the  Towns  of  Bristol,  Warren,  "Westerly,  Woon- 
socket  and  Pawtiicket,  1855,  185G. 
12mo.  Providence.  H.  H.  Broion,  3  South  Main  Street. 

Androsse,  Sir  Edmund.  Nai-rative  of  the  Proceedings  of 
Sir  Edmond  Androsse  and  his  Complices,  who  acted  by  an 
illegal  and  arbitrary  Commission  from  the  late  King  James, 
during  his  Government  in  New  England. 

4to.  pp.  London.  1691. 

•     A  narrative  of  the  miseries  of  New  England,  by 

reason  of  the  arbitraiy  govermnent  erected  there.  Printed 
in  the  tyrannic  reign  of  Sir  Edmund  Andross. 

Svo.  pp.  8.  Boston.  Vila. 

Commission  to  Sir  Edmund  Andross,  from  King  .James 

the  Second.     1086. 

Papers  relative  to  the  period  of  the  usurpation  of  Sir 

Edmund  Andros  in  New  England,  1686-87.  See  3Iass. 
Hist.  Coll.  Sd  Series,  vol.  vii. 

Commission,  Instructions  and  other  pajiers  relating 

to  Sir  Edmund  Andros.  Rhode  Island  Colonial  Records, 
Vol.  3,  p.  210  and  218,  and  New  York  Docs.  Vol.  3,  p.  548. 

Sir  Edmund  Andros  figures  largely  in  the  History  of  Rhode  Island.  In  ICSG 
he  was  commissioned,  among  other  colonies,  as  Governor  of  the  Narra- 
gansett  country.  Arriving  in  Ehode  Island,  agreeably  to  orders,  he  dis- 
solved the  government,  broke  the  seal  of  the  charter,  and  reduced  the 
colony  to  a  single  county.  In  1688  he  received  a  second  commission  from 
James  the  2d,  which  extended  his  government  over  the  jirovince  of  New 
York,  Connecticut,  Rhode  Island,  and  other  British  colonies.  From  this 
period  the  government  of  Rhode  Xsland  was  completely  subverted  hy 
Andros.  The  revolution  in  England  soon  after,  put  ;in  end  to  his  power. 
He  was  seized  by  the  people  of  Boston,  and  thrown  into  prison.  In  1080 
the  colony  ro-organizcd  under  its  former  charter.  The  records  and  papers 
connected  with  the  administration  of  Andros  will  be  found  in  the  3d  vol. 
of  K.  I.  Colonial  Records. 

ANTI-MASONRY.     Books  relating  to. 

Declaration  of  the  Freemasons  of  Ilhode  Island. 

12  mo.  pp.  12.  No  date. 

Letters,    adtlressed    to  Joel   Mann,    Pliny   Merrick, 

Thomas  II.  Smith,  Augustus  B.  Head,  Seceding  Masons. 
By  Samuel  ]\I.  Fowler,  editor  of  the  Pawtucket  Chronicle. 


RHODE      ISLAND. 


17 


To  wliich  is  added  jNIr.  Mann's  reply,  and  a  rejoinder  to 
the  same. 
12  mo.  pp.  34.  Pmvtucket.   Chronicle  Office.  1830. 

Proceedings  of  the  Rhode  Island  Anti-masonic  Con- 
vention, September  1-lth,  1831. 
1 2  mo.  pp.  28  and  3.    Providence.  Daily  Advertiser  Office.  1831. 

Strictures  on  Seceding  Masons,  with  reviews  of  the 

Anti-]Masonic  characters  of  Pliny  Merrick,  Esq.,  of  Wor- 
cester, Mass.— Rev.  Joel  Mann,  of  Sufheld,  Conn.— Rev. 
Thomas  :\I.  Smith,  of  Troy,  Mass.— and  Elder  David  Ber- 
nard, of  Freedonia,  New  York.  From  the  Boston  Masonic 
INIirror. 

12  mo.  pp.  32.  Boston.   Carrand  Parje.  1830. 

Address  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  the  State  of  Rhode 

Island  and  Providence   Plantations,  to   the  people  of  said 

itatc 
pp. 


State. 
8vo.  pp.  16.  Providence.  B.  Cranston.  1831 

The  same 


Svo.  pp.  1-4.  Paivtacket.   S.  M.  Fowler.  1831. 

Address  of  the  Committee  of  the   Grand  Lodge,  to 


the  people  of  Rliode  Island. 

8vo.  pp.  8.  Providence.  1831. 

Report  of  the  Committee  appointed  by  the  General 

Assembly  of  the  State  of  Rhode  Island  and  Providence 
Plantations,  to  investigate  the  charges  in  circulation  against 
Freemasonry  and  Masons  in  said  State  ;  together  with  all 
the  official  documents  and  testimony  relating  to  the  subject. 

8vo.  pp.  119.  Providence.   William  Marshall.  1832. 

Piililislicil  by  order  of  the  General  Assembly,  superintendca  by  tlie  Committee. 

An  official  report  by  Wilham  Sprague,  Jun.,  one  of 

the  Committee  of  the  House  of  Representatives  of  Rhode 
Island  upon  the  subject  of  Masonry. 

8vo.  i))).  23.  Providence.  Daily  Advertiser.  1832. 

Lci'islative  investigation  into  INIasonry  ;  being  a  cor- 
rect history  of  the  investigation  of  more  than  fifty  adhering 
and  secedino-  Masons,   before   a  committee  of  the  General 


18  BIIiLIOGRAPUl'  Ol' 

Assembly  of  Rhode  Island,  held  at  Providence  and  New- 
port,  between  December  7,  1831,   and  January  7,  1832. ' 
Reported  from  minutes  taken  at  the  time.     By  Benj.  F. 
Hallett,  George  Turner  and  others,  and  carefully  compared. 
8vo.  pp.  85,  and  index.  Boston.  I)aUjj  Aihxjcate.  1832. 

An  Address   delivered  before   the  Grand   Lodge  of 

Rhode  Island,  at  their  Anniversary  Festival  of  St.  John  the 
Baptist,  at  East  Greenwich,  R.  I.,  Friday,  June  21,  1831. 
By  Robert  Frieze,  G.  Chaplain. 

8vo.  pp.  24.  Providence.  B.  Cranston,  1831 . 

A  portrait  of  Masonry  and  Anti-masonry  as  drawn 

by  Richard  Rush,  John  Quincy  Adams,  William  Wirt,  &c. 

12mo.  pp.  60.  Providence.  Daily  Advertiser.  1 832. 

■     Proceedings  of  the   Grand   Lodge    of  the   State   of 

Rhode  Island  and  Providence  Plantations,  at  their  annual 
meeting,  holden  at  Masons'  Hall,  in  Pawtuckct,  .June  21th, 
A.  L.  5833. 

12mo.  pp.  12.  Providence.   Cranston  <|'  Hammond.  1833. 

Letters  addressed  to  William  L.  Stone,  Esq.,  of  Xew 

York,  and  to  Benjamin  Cowell,  Esq.,  of  Rhode  Island, 
upon  the  subject  of  Masonry  and  Anti-Masonry.  By  John 
Quincy  Adams.  To  which  is  added  a  portrait  of  Masonry, 
by  John  C.  Spencer. 

12mo.  pp.  21.  Providence.  Edw\l  j|-  J.  W.  Cory.  1833. 

Letters  addressed  to  the  Hon.  John  Quincy  Adams, 

in  refutation  of  charges  made  by  that  gentleman  against  a 
committee  of  the  Legislature  of  Rhode  Island  and  against 
the  Legislature  itself.  By  B.  Hazard,  Esq.,  Chairman  of 
that  committee. 

12mo.  pp.  46.  Providence.  3Iarshall,  Broivn  ^  Co.  1834. 

Proceedings   of  the   Anti-masonic    Convention  held 

January  16,  1835.  And  the  proceedings  of  their  nomina- 
ting committee  held  at  the  State  House  in  Providence,  Feb. 
20ri835. 

8vo.  ])p.  8.  Providence.    W.  Simons,  Jitn.  1835. 

Reply  to  the  summons  of  the   Rhode   Island   Royal 


RHODE     ISLAND.  19 

Arch  Chapter,    March   22d,   1832.     By  the  Rev.   Henry 

Tatem.     3d  edition. 
8vo.  pp.  '[Providatce.  1832.] 

Antiquitates  AMEUiCANJi  slve  scriptores  septentrionales  re- 
rum  ante-cohiinhianarum  in  America  Edidit  societas  regia 
antiquariorum  septentrionalium. 

Royal  4to.  pp.  xl  and  479.  Eafnue.     1837. 

This  work  is  edited  by  Trof.  C.  C.  Rafii,  and  was  publislied  under  the  auspices 
of  tlie  Royal  Society  of  Nortliern  Antiquaries  at  Copenhagen,  in  Den- 
mark. It  contains  a  reprint  of  tlie  ancient  Icelandic  Sagas,  whicli  relate 
to  the  discovery  of  America  by  the  Scandinavians  in  the  tenth  century- 
The  text  embraces,  first,  the  Sagas  in  the  Icelandic  ;  second,  a  version  in 
Danish;  and  third,  a  translation  in  Latin,  accompanied  by  notes  and  com- 
mentaries. These  are  followed  by  the  correspondence  in  English  with 
the  Rhode  Island  Historical  Society  relative  to  the  famous  sculptured 
rock  on  the  banks  of  Taunton  river  near  Diglitou,  the  characters  upon 
which  have  been  attributed  to  the  Northmen,  and  to  other  evidences  of 
an  earl}'  intercourse  between  that  people  and  Rhode  Island;  the  Vineland 
of  the  ancient  sagas  being  located  in  this  State.  Preceding  the  Sagas  is 
an  abstract  in  English  of  the  historical  evidence  contained  in  the  work. 
The  volume  also  contains  17  iilates  of  fiicsimilios  of  the  Sagas,  of  ancient 
monuments,  maps,  etc.  A  few  copies  are  printed  in  a  superior  style  upon 
large  paper,  in  Imperial  quarto. 

The  Historical  Essay  alluded  to,  has  been  separately  printed  in  English, 
French,  German,  Danish,  Swedish,  Spanish,  Italian  and  Dutch. 

Apes  Rev.  William,  an  Indian.  Eulogy  on  King  Philip,  as 
pronounced  at  the  Odeon,  in  Federal  Street,  Boston. 

8vo.  pp.  GO.  Boston.  1836. 

Appeal  to  the  Senate  of  Rhode  Island. 

Svo.  pp.  11.  Providence.  1829. 

Relates  to  taxing  the  property  of  churches,  buildings  for  schools,  academies, 
colleges,  etc. 

Aknold,  L.  II.  Examination  of  certain  charges  against  Lem- 
uel H.  Arnold,  Esq.,  the  National  Republican  candidate 
ior  Governor,  being  a   Report  of  a   Committee  appointed 

April  12,  1821. 
Svo.  pp.  28.  Providence.  1831. 

Arnold,  Hon.  Samuel  Greene.    The  Spirit  of  Rhode  Island 

History.     A  Discourse  delivered  before  the  Rhode  Island 

Historical  Society,   on  the  evening  of  Monday,   Januaiy 

17,  1853. 
Svo.  pp.  32.  Providence.   George  H.  Whitney.  1853. 


20  ISIBLIOGRAPHY  OF 

History  of  the  State  of  Rhode  Island  and  Providence 


Plantations,  1G36— 1700. 
Vol.  1.  pp.  xii  and  574.  New  York.   D.  Appleton  (f'  Co. 

Vol.  2.     1700  to  1790.  -  pp.  592.  1860. 

Arnold,  Welgome.     Sermon  on  the  death  of,  see  Maxcy. 
Articles  of  Faith  and  Covenant  of  the  First  Baptist  Chui'ch 

in  South  Kingstown,  R.  I. 
12mo.  pp.  8.  Wakefield.  D.  Gillis.  1859. 

AspiNWALL,  Thomas.     Remarks  on  the  Narragansett  Patent. 

Read  before  the  Massachusetts  Historical  Society,  June, 

1862. 
8vo.  pp.  4-4.  Boston.  John  Wilson  J-  Son.  1863. 

Atherton,  Humphrey.  Act  of  the  Assembly  of  Rhode  Island 

in  favor  of  Humphrey  Atherton.     Oct.  30,  1672. 

3Iass.  Mist.  Coll.  First  Series,  Vol.  5. 

Athenjeum.     See  Providence  Athenceitm. 

Attempted  Speculation.     Lemuel    H.  Arnold  and  James 

F.  Simmons,  upon  the  funds  of  the  State,  while  they  were 

members  of  the  General  Assembly. 
8vo.  pp.  23.  Providence.  Herald  Office.  1831. 

This  pamphlet  rchites  to  the  proposition  to  unite  the  two  Pawtucket  Turnpikes. 

See  "Examination  of  certain  charges  against  Lemuel  H.  ArnoM,"  tor  a 

reply  to  the  above. 

Austin,  Samuel.  An  oration  pronounced  at  Newport,  R.  I., 
July  4,  1822.  The  46th  anniversary  of  the  Independence 
of  the  United  States  of  America. 

8vo.  pp.  16.  Newport.  W.  Simons.  1822. 

AVERY  CASE.     Books  relating  to. 

AvERV.     Report  of  the   examination    of    the   Rev. 

Ephraim  K.  Avery,  for  the  murder  of  Sarah  Maria  Cor- 
nell.    By  Luke  Drury. 

8vo.  pp.  64.  (^Mhode  Island.')  1833. 

A  full"  report  of  the   Trial  of  Ephraim   K.  Avery, 


charged  with  the  murder  of  Sarah  Maria  Cornell,  before 
the  Supreme  Court  of  Rhode  Island,  at  a  special  Term  in 
Newport,  held  in  May,  1833  ;  with  all  the  incidental  (jues- 


KHODE    ISLAND.  21 

tions  raised  in  the  Trial  carefully  preserved,  the  testimony 
of  the  witnesses,  and  a  correct  map  and  references  of  all 
the  Localities  described  in  tlie  Testimony,  prepared  ex- 
pressly for  this  report  alone.  Reported  Ly  Benjamin  F. 
Hallett. 
8vo.  pp.  207  and  40.  2  editions.    Boston.  Daily  Advocate.  \%ZZ. 

The  arguments  of  counsel  in  the  close  of  the  trial  of 

Rev.  E.  K.  Avery,  for  the  murder  of  Sarah  M.  Cornell, 
&c.  Hon.  Jeremiah  Mason,  of  Boston,  for  the  prisoner, 
Albert  C.  Greene,  Attorney  General  for  the  prosecution. 
Reported  without  abridgment,  by  Benj.  F.  Hallett.  Also 
a  literal  report  of  the  Medical  testimony  of  Prof.  Walter 
Channing  and  Dr.  William  Turner,  revised  by  the  wit- 
nesses, and  not  before  published. 

8vo.  pp.  94.  Boston.  Daily  Advocate.  1833. 

Strictures  on  the  case  of  Ephraim  K.  Avery,  origi- 


nally published  in  the  Republican  Herald,  Providence,  R. 

I.,  with  corrections,  revisions  and  additions.     By  Aristides. 

12mo.  vo.  pp.  100.        Providence.   William  Simons,  Jr.  1833. 

A  Vindication  of  the  result  of  the   trial  of  the  Rev. 

Ephraim  K.  Avery ;  to  which  is  prefixed  his  statement  of 
facts  relative  to  the  circumstances  by  which  he  became  in- 
volved in  the  prosecution.     With  a  map. 

8vo.  pp.  74.  Boston.  Russell,  Odiorne  if  Co.  1834. 

Narrative  of  the   apprehension   in   Ridge,   N.  H.,  of 


the  Rev.  E.  K.  Avery,  charged  with  the  murder  of  Sarah 
M.  Cornell :  together  with  the  proceedings  of  the  inhabi- 
tants of  Fall  River.     By  Harvey  Harnden. 
Svo.  pp.  36.  Frovidence.   W.  Marshall  cf-  Vo.  1833. 

A  correct,  full  and  impartial  report  of  the  trial  of  Rev. 

Ephraim  K.  Avery,  before  the  Supreme  Judicial  Court  of 
the  State  of  Rhode  Island,  at  Newport,  May  6,  1833,  for 
the  murder  of  Sarah  M.  Cornell. 

12mo.  pp.  174.  Providence.  Marshall  ^-  Brown.   [1833.] 


►is^^^Ai*. 


Sion 


ACKUS,  ISAAC.  A  History  of  New  England, 
with  particular  reference  to  the  denomination  of 
Ciiristians  called  Baptists.  Containing  the  prin- 
ciples and  settlements  of  the  country ;  the  rise 
and  increase  of  the  Baptist  churches  therein,  the 
intrusion  of  arbitrary  power  under  the  cloak  of 
;  the  Christian  testimonies  of  the  Baptists  and 
others  against  the  same,  with  their  suft'erings  under  it,  from 
the  beginning  to  the  present  time.  Collected  from  the  most 
authentic  records  and  wntings,  both  ancient  and  modern. 
By  Isaac  Backus,  Pastor  of  the  first  Baptist  church  in 
jNIiddleborough.  3  vols.  8vo. 
Vol.  1.  pp.  563.  Boston.  Edward  Draper.  1777. 

Vol.  2.  pp.  44:8.  Providence.  John  Carter.  1784. 

Vol.  3.  pp.  334.  Boston.  Manning  Jj-  Loring.  1796. 

An  abridgment  of  tliis  work  was  published  in  1804,  when  ttie  author  was 
eighty  years  of  age.  The  Rev.  Dr.  Allen  says  that  the  original  "contains 
many  facts,  for  which  the  public  are  indebted  to  the  patient  industry  of 
the  writer,  and  it  niust  be  a  very  valuable  work  to  the  Baptists,  as  it  pre- 
sents a  minute  account  of  almost  every  cliiirch  of  that  denomination  in 
New  England."  The  work  is  now  exceedingly  rare,  .and  commands  a. 
high  price.  Bancroft  the  historian,  bears  honorable  testimony  to  the 
author's  fidelity,  considering  his  history,  as  to  its  facts,  "  more  to  be  de- 
pended on,  than  any  of  the  early  histories  of  New  England." 

The  author,  rfho  was  a  distinguished  Baptist  minister,  was  born  at  Nor- 
wich, Conn.,  in  1724,  and  commenced  preaching  in  1746.  He  was  or- 
dained as  a  Congregationalist  in  1748;  but  in  1751,  was  baptized  by 
immersion.  To  his  exertions  the  Baptist  denomination  in  America,  is 
much  indebted  for  its  prosperity.  He  died  Nov.  28,  180G,  aged  82  years. 
He  was  the  author  of  manv  works  besides  that  under  notice. 


RHODE      ISLAND. 


23 


Memoir  of  the  Life  and  Times  of,  see  Hovcy. 


Bacox,  Rev.  Hexky.  Sermon  on  the  installation  of,  see  E. 
H.  Chapin. 

Baker,  Luther.  An  address  delivered  to  the  Philanthrophic 
Society,  at  their  request,  on  its  twelfth  anniversary,  Feh. 
22;  1806. 

12mo.  pp.  10.  Warren,  R.  I.  N.  PMlUps.  1806. 

Balch,  Wm.  S.  Oration  before  the  R.  I.  Suffrage  Associa- 
tion.    See  Sufi  rage. 

Bank  Returns.  Abstract  exhibiting  the  condition  of  the 
Banks  in  Rhode  Island  ;  also,  abstract  exhibiting  the  con- 
dition of  the  Institutions  for  Savings  in  Rhode  Island. 
1819  to  18.57.  Providence. 

Annual  Returns  exhibiting  tlie  condition  of  tlie  Banks  anil  Institutions  for 
Savings  in  Rhode  Island  have  been  printed  since  the  year  1819.  Until  the 
year  1849  they  were  printed  on  a  large  sheet  and  appended  to  the  sche- 
dules.    Since  that  period  they  have  been  printed  in  a  pamphlet  form. 

Banks.  Report  of  the  committee  appointed  by  the  House  of 
Representatives  of  the  State  of  Rhode  Island,-  &c.,  to 
inquire  into  the  expediency  of  increasing  the  Banking  Cap- 
ital within  the  State ;  made  at  June  session,  1826. 

8vo.  pp.  40.  Providence.  Smith  cf  Parmenter.  1826. 

This  report,  wliich  was  written  by  Benjamin  Hazard,  is  one  of  the  most  able 
papers  on  Banking  which  has  ever  been  written  in  the  State.  ' 

Providence  Bank,  vs.  Thomas  G.  Pitman,  General 

Treasurer  of  the  State  of  Rhode  Island,  et.  al.  Argument 
of  the  counsel  [Benjamin  Hazard]  on  the  part  of  the  State. 
Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States,  January  Term,  1830. 

8vo.  pp.  22. 

Aro-ument  of  the  opening  counsel  in  the  same  case. 

8vo.  pp.  32.  January,  1830. 

Report  of  the  Committee  appointed  by  the  General 

Assembly  of  the  State  of  Rhode  Island  to  visit  the  Banks 
in  the  State  ;  made  at  the  June  session,  Newport,  1836. 

8vo.  pp.  34.  Providence.   W.  Simons,  Jr.  1836. 

'I'his  committee  consisted  of  S.  Y.  Atwell,  Thomas  W.  Dorr,  and  Geo.  Curtis. 
Banvard,  Joseph.     A  guide  to  Providence  River  and  Narra- 

gansett  Bay,  from  Providence  to  Newport. 
12mo.  pp.  vi  and  06.  Providence.   Cogyeshall  ^  Stewart. 


24  BIBLIOGRAPHY    OF 

BAPTISTS.     Books  relating  to. 

The  Sentiments  and  Plan  of  the  Warren  Association. 

4to.  pp.  4.     Germantown.  Printed  bi/  Christopher  Sower.  1769. 

Note. — This  venerable  body  held  its  first  meeting  at  Wurren,  I{.  I.,  in  the 
year  17G7.  It  originated  with  the  Kev.  Dr.  Manning,  at  that  time  Pastor 
of  the  Baptist  Clmrch  in  Warren,  and  also  President  of  Rhode  Island  Col- 
lege, now  Brown  University.  But  four  churches  were  then  incorporated, 
by  the  name  of  the  Warren  (Baptist)  Association,  viz.  Warren,  Haverhill, 
Bellingham,  and  Jliddleborough.  The  next  year  four  more  churches 
joined  them,  viz.  Boston,  Sutton,  Leicester,  and  Ware.  In  1769  the  fore- 
going "  Sentiments  and  Plan,"  drawn  up  and  presented  by  the  Eev.  Dr. 
Manning,  were  formally  adopted  as  the  platform,  so  to  speak,  of  the  As- 
sociation. 

Minutes  of  the  Philadelphian  Association  in  mdcclxix. 

4to.  pp.  7.     Germantown.  Printed  by  Christopher  Soiver.  1769. 

This  body  was  organized  in  the  year  1707,  and  is  the  oldest  Baptist  Associa- 
tion in  the  United  States.  To  it  Brown  University  owes  its  origin,  and 
to  its  fostering  care  the  Warren  Association  is  greatly  indebted.  The 
Minutes  for  this  year  contain  many  allusions  to  Rhode  Island,  and  pleasing 
accounts  of  Rhode  Island  College. 

Minutes  of  the  Warren  Association,  ]'.M  at  Sutton, 

in  the  Province  of  Massachusetts-Bay,  September,  1771. 

4mo.  pp.  7.  Bosti^n.  Printed  by  John  Boyles.  1771. 

Ibid.  At  Middleborough,  Sept.  8  and  9,  1772. 

12mo.  pp.  8.  Boston.  Printed  by  J.  J.  Kneeland.  1772. 

Ibid.  At  :Modfield,  Sept.  7,  8,  and  9,  1773. 

12mo.  pp.  8.  Boston.  Isaiah  Thomas.  1773. 

Ibid.  At  Medfield,  Sept.  13  and  14,  1774. 

12mo.  pp.  8.  Boston.  John  Kneeland.  1774. 
■     Ibid.  At  Warren,  Sept.  12  and  13,  1775. 

12mo.  pp.  8.  Norwich.  Robertsons  Sf  Trumbull.  1775. 

Ibid.     At  Grafton,  Sept.  10  and  11,  1776. 

12mo.  pp.  8.  Boston.   T.  Sf  J.  Fleet.  1776. 

Ibid.  At  Middleborough,  Sept.  9  and  10,  1777. 

12mo.  pp.  7.  Boston.  E.  Draper.  1777. 

Ibid.  At  Leicester,  Sept.  8th  and  9tli,  1778. 

12mo.  pp.  4.  (^Place  and  printer  not  given.')    1778. 

Ibid.  At  Attlcborough,  Sept.  7  and  8,  1779. 

8vo.  pp.  7.  (^Place  and  printer  not  given.)    1779. 


RHODE      ISLAND.  :iO 

— ■ Ibid.  At  Koyalstone,  Sept.  1^  and  13,  1780. 

12mo.  pp.  7.  (^Place  and  printer  not  given.')    1780. 

Ibid.  At  South  Brimfield,  Sept.  11  and  12,  1781. 

12nio.  pp.  8.  Providence.  John  Carter.  1781. 

Ibid.  At  Providence,  Sept.  10,  1782. 

12mo.  pp.  8.  Providence.  John  Carter.  1782. 

At  tliis  meeting  the  Providence  Church  was  received  into  the  Association. 
The  delegates  upon  the  occasion  were  James  Manning,  Ephraim  Wlieaton, 
Samuel  Whitman,  John  Jenckes,  and  Aaron  Mason.  The  views  enter- 
tained by  many  members  of  this  church  in  regard  to  the  doctrine  of 
"  Laying  on  of  Hands,"  and  also  in  regard  to  Singing  in  public  worship, 
prevented,  perhaps,  its  being  received  into  the  fellowship  of  the  Associa- 
tion at  an  earlier  da.v. 

From  this  date  the  proceedings  of  the  annual  meetings  were  regularly 
printed  from  year  to  year.  Sometimes  [at  Boston,  but  mostly  at  Provi- 
dence, especially  after  the  year  1800. 

The  Minutes  for  the  first  four  meetings  wore  never  printed.  They  exist 
in  manuscript,  and  may  be  found  among  the  papers  of  the  Rev.  Isaac 
Backus,  who  was  the  first  Clerk  of  the  Association.  The  printed  Minutes 
for  the  year  1771  are  in  the  possession  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  Benedict,  of  Paw- 
tucket.  The  Minutes  from  1772  to  182-5  inclusive,  with  the  "  Sentiments 
and  Plan,"  and  the  Minutes  of  the  Philadelphia  Association  for  1769, 
bound  together  in  a  single  octavo  volume,  are  in  the  possession  of  Mr. 
John  Carter  Brown.  They  were  collected  by  his  father,  the  Hon.  Nicho- 
las Brown,  and  constitute  the  only  complete  set  in  existence.  The 
Minutes  from  1825  to  the  present  time  are  in  the  Library  of  Brown  Uni- 
versity, together  with  a  set  of  the  earlier  printed  minutes,  and  the  man- 
uscript minutes  of  Backus. 

In  regard  to  the  character  and  influence  of  this  Body  we  quote  from 
Arnold's  History  of  Rhode  Island,  as  follows  ;  "  The  Warren  Association 
originated  with  the  Warren  Church,  and  had  for  its  object  to  secure  for 
the  denomination  in  the  neighboring  Colonies  those  civil  and  religious 
rigiits  hitherto  enjoyed  solely  by  the  established  church."  *  «  »  * 
"  In  a  few  years  the  Association  extended  over  New  England,  and  held  its 
meetings  at  various  places.  It  became  an  active  body  in  the  cause  of 
civil  and  religious  liberty,  presenting  many  able  addresses  upon  this  sub- 
ject to  the  government  of  Massachusetts,  and  to  the  Continental  Congress 
through  tlie  whole  period  of  the  Revolution.  Although  the  Association 
has  no  longer  that  intimate  connection  with  the  University  which  at  first 
existed,  and  the  growth  of  Baptist  Churches  in  New  England  has  given 
rise  to  many  other  simil.ar  associations,  the  parent  body  still  continues  to 
exert  a  wide-spread  and  beneficent  influence  over  the  objects  of  its 
charge." 

Minutes  of  the  First  Annual  i\Ioeting  of  the  Narra- 

gansett  Association,  held  with  the   Second  Baptist  Church 
in  Hopkinton,  R.  I.,  Oct.  2  and  3,  1860. 

8vo.  pp.  22.  Westerly.   Starr  ^  Farnham,  Printers.  I860- 


26 


BIBLIOGRAPHY    OF 


The  same.     Second  third  and  fourth  annual  meetings 

for  1861,  1862  and  1863. 

Minutes  of  the  First  Anniversary  of  the  Providence 


Baptist  Association,  held  with  the  Baptist  Church  in  Woon- 
socket,  Sept.  18  and  19,  1844. 
8vo.  pp.  19.  Providence.  H.  H.  Broum.  1844. 

These  Minutes  liave  been  printed  regularly  from  year  to  year  until  tlic  present 
time.     A  complete  set  is  in  the  Library  of  the  University. 

Act   of  Incorporation  and    ^Minutes  of  the   Baptist 


Convention  of  the  State  of  Rhode  Island  and  vicinity,  held 
at  Newport,  April  8,  1829. 
12mo.  pp.  12.  Providence.  H.  H.  Brown.  1829. 

The  act  of  incorporation  was  passed  by  the  General  Assembly,  at  their  Octo- 
ber session,  1826  The  Minutes  for  1829,  1830,  1832,  and  from  18oo  in- 
clusive to  the  present  time,  are  iu  the  Library  of  Brown  University.  The 
first  Anniversary  of  the  Convention  was  held  in  1826.  The  Minutes  for 
18-10  contain  an  account  of  the  organization  of  the  Rhode  Island  Baptist 
Sabbath  School  Association,  Sept.  11,  1839.  This  Association  in  1854 
was  reorganized  and  called  the  "Rhode  Island  Baptist  Sunday  School 
Convention."  In  1811  the  "Proceedings  of  the  Baptist  Education  Socie- 
ty of  the  Warren  Association,  Auxiliary  to  the  Northern  Baptist  Educa- 
tion Society,"  were  first  published  in  the  Minutes  of  the  Baptist  Oaiven- 
tion.  This  practice  has  been  continued  to  the  present  time,  under  the 
name,  since  1847,  of  the  "  Rhode  Island  Baptist  Education  Society." 

Minutes    of    the    Fourteenth    Anniversary    of    the 

Rhode  Island  Baptist  Sunday  School  Convention  ;  lield  in 
the  Meeting  House  of  the  First  Baptist  Church,  Provi- 
dence, June  14,  1864. 

12mo.  pp.  57.        Providence.  Knoivles,  Anthony  <|-    Co.  18.54. 

In  1839  the  "  Rhode  Island  Baptist  Sabbath  School  Association  "  was  organ- 
ized, under  the  auspices  of  the  Baptist  State  Convention.  The  large 
number  of  Schools  connected  witli  the  Baptist  denomination  throughout 
the  State,  and  the  increasing  interest  felt  in  the  cause,  led  eventually  to  a 
distinct  and  separate  organization.  At  a  meeting  of  the  State  Conven- 
tion in  April,  1854,  the  old  Association  was  merged  into  the  present 
Sunday  School  Convention.  Prof.  S.  S.  Green,  of  Brown  University, 
was  elected  President,  A.  M.  Gammell,  of  Warren,  Vice  President,  and 
Reuben  A.  Guild,  of  Brown  University,  Secretary.  These  gentlemen 
were  successively  re-elected  to  their  respective  offices  from  year  to  year, 
until  1860  and  1862,  when  they  declined  serving  in  order  that  the  system 
of  rotation  in  otfice  might  be  introduced. 


RHODE     ISLAM). 


27 


Fifteenth  Anniversary,  held  with  the  Stewart  Street 

Cluirch,  Providence,  June  13,  1855. 

12mo.  pp.  49.  Providence.  Knowles,  Anthony  Sf  Co.  1855. 

Sixteenth  Anniversaiy,   held   with    the    Church    in 

Warren,  June  4,  185G. 

12mo.  pp.  42.         Providence.  Knoivles,  Anthony  jf*  Co.  1856. 

Seventeenth    Anniversary,   held    with    the    Central 

Church,  Providence,  June  3,  1857. 

12mo.  pp.  40.         Providence.  Knowles,  Anthony  cj-  Co.  1857. 

Eighteenth     Anniversary,    held     with    the    Second 

Church,  Newport,  June  2,  1858. 

12mo.  pp.  24.         Providence.  Knotvles,  Anthony  ^  Co.  1858. 

Nineteenth  Anniversary,  held  with  the  Friendship 

Street  Church,  I'rovidence,  June  1,  1859. 

12mo.  pp.  30.        Providence.  Knowles,  Anthony  ^  Co.  1859. 

Twentieth  Anniversary,  held  with  the  Chui'ch  in 

Woonsocket,  June  6,  18(30. 

12mo.  pp.  38.  Providence.  Knowles,  Anthony  ^  Co.  1860. 

Twenty-first   Anniversary,    held    with    the    Brown 

Street  Church,  Providence,  June  4,  1862. 

12mo.  pp.  36.         Providence.  Knowles,  Anthony  8f  Co.  1862. 

Annals  of  the  American  Pulpit ;  or  Commemora- 
tive Notices  of  distinguished  American  Clergymen  of 
various  denominations  from  the  early  settlement  of  the 
country  to  the  close  of  the  year  1855.  By  William  R. 
Sprague,  D.  D.     Vol.  VI. 

Svo.  pp.  883.  Hew  York.  R.  Carter  Sf  Brother.  1860. 

This  volume  contains  biograpliical  sketclies  of  Roger  Williams,  John  Clarke, 
Comer,  Uphani,  Thurston,  Manning,  Thompson,  Gano,  Maxcy,  Messer, 
Knowles,  and  other  Baptist  worthies. 

Minutes    of   the   Philadelphia   Baptist    Association, 


from  1707  to  1807  ;  being  the  first  one  hundred  years  of 
its  existence.     Edited  by  Rev.  A.  D.  Gillette,  A.  M. 
8vo.  pp.  476.      Philadelphia.  Amencan  Bap.  Pub.  Soc.  1851. 

This  volume  is  a  most  important  contribution  to  the  Baptist  History  of  Ehode 
Island. 


Za  niBLIOGRAFHY     UK 

The  First  Church  in  Providence,  not  the  Oldest  of 

the  Baptists  in  America,  attempted  to  he  shown  by  S. 
Adlam,  Pastor  of  the  First  Church  in  Newport,  R.  I. 

8vo.  pp.  28.  Newport.   Cranston  Sf  Norman.  1850. 

]\Iinutes    of    the    Baptist    Yearly    Meeting    of    the 

ancient  order  of  Six  Principles  of  the  doctrine  of  Christ, 
held  at  Coventry,  R.  I.,  11th,  12th,  and  13th  days  of 
September,  1812. 

8vo.  pp.  8.  Providence.  1812. 

A   review   of   a    report,  presented  to   the   Warren 

Baptist  Association,  at  its  meeting  in  1849,  on  the  subject 
of  the  true  date  of  the  First  Baptist  Church  in  Newport, 
R.  I.  Prepared  by  a  Committee  of  the  First  Baptist 
Church  in  Providence,  and  read  at  the  Warren  Baptist 
Association,  September  12,  1850. 

8vo.  pp.  26.  Providence.  H.  H.  Brown.  1850. 

The  Committee  which  prepared  this  report  consisted  of  the  Kev.  James  N. 
Granger,  D.  P.,  Rev.  Alexis  Caswell,  D.  D.,  and  Prof.  William  Gammell. 

An  Historical  Discourse  delivered  at  the  Celebration 

of  the  Second  Centennial  Anniversary  of  the  First  Bap- 
tist Church,  in  Providence,  November  7,  1839.  By  Wil- 
liam Hague,  Pastor  of  the  Church. 

12mo.  pp.  192.  Providence.  B.  Cranston  ^  Co.  1839. 

Historical  Sketch  with  the  Confession  and  Covenant 

of  the  Warwick  and  Coventry  Baptist  Church,  Crompton, 
R.  I. 

12mo.  pp.  8.  Providence.  Knowles,  Antliony  ^  Co. 

An   Historical   Discourse,  delivered  in  the  Central 

Baptist  Meeting  House,  Newport,  R.  I.,  January  8,  1854. 
By  the  Pastor,  Henry  Jackson.  Published  by  order  of 
the  Church. 

8vo.  pp.  45.       •  Newport.   Cranston  Sf  Norman.  1853. 

Charter    and    By-Laws    of    the    Charitable    Baptist 


Society,  in  Providence,  with  the  amendments. 
Bvo.  pp.  12.  Providence.  Knowle«,  Anihony  ^  Co.   1855. 


KHODE     ISLA^'n.  29 

A  list   of  members  of  the  First  Baptist  Cliurcli,  in 

Providence,  witli  Biographical  Sketches  of  the  Pastor. 

12mo.  pp.  4S.  Providence.  H.  H.  Brown.  1832. 

A  list  of  members,  with  the  oeneral  rules  and  renu- 

lations  of  the  First  Baptist  Church,  in  Providence,  R.  I. 

8vo.  pp.  27.  Providence.  H.  H.  Brown.  1855. 

For  History  of  the  Baptists  in  Rliode  Island,  sec  Backns,  Benedict,  Knowles' 
Memoirs  of  llogrr  Willuinx,  Uammdl's  ditto,  Elton's  ditto,  Hague's  His- 
torical Discourse,  2'itstin's  ditto,  Jackson's  Churches  in  Rhode  Island,  Francis 
Smith's  Discourse,  ditto  Historical  Discourse. 

Barnard,  Henry.  Report  on  the  Condition  and  Improve- 
ment of  the  Public  Schools  of  Rhode  Island,  submitted 
November  1,  1854. 

8vo.  pp.  255.  Providence.  1854. 

Journal  of  the  Rhode  Island  Institute  of  Instruction. 

3  vols.  8vo.     1845  to  1848. 

Barratt,  B.  F.  The  Holy  City  New  Jerusalem,  or  Doc- 
trine of  the  New  Church.  A  Sermon  preached  at  the 
Dedication  of  the  New  Church  Temple,  in  Providence  R. 
I.,  Oct.  14,  1843. 

12mo.  pp.  47.  New  York.  John  Allen.  1843. 

Bartlett,  Chari,es  R.,  M.  D.  An  account  of  the  rise  and 
progress  of  the  Malignant  Fever,  commonly  called  the 
Yellow  Fever !  which  lately  appeared  in  Newpoft ; — antl 
an  account  of  the  treatment  that  proved  most  successful 
in  it.  Also  a  note  of  advice,  regarding  the  preventive 
means,  most  likely  to  have  efi'ect,  against  the  return  of 
this  dreadful  malady  the  ensuing  warm  season.  To  which 
is  added  some  remarks  on  the  conduct  of  the  author,  and 
others  immediately  concerned  in  this  first  transactio7i  of 
this  unfortunate  affair. 

8vo.  pp.  43.  Neioport.  Dion  Farnsivorlh.  1801. 

At  the  end  is  Moses  Brown's  account  of  those  wlio  died  in  Providence  of  tlie 
disease. 

Bartlett,  John  Russei.l.  Records  of  the  Colony  of  Rhode 
Island  and  Providence  Plantations  in  New  England. 
Printed  by  order  of  the  General  Assembly.  Edited  by 
John  Russell  Bartlett,  Secretary  of  State.     10  vols.   8vo., 

4 


30  BIliLIOGRAPHY  OF 

Volume  1.  1636  to  1663. 

pp.  549.  Providence.  A.  Crawford  Greene  tf  Bro.  1856. 

Volume  2.  1664  to  1667. 

pp.  609.  Providence.  A.  Craivford  Greene  <f  Bro.  1857. 

Volume  3.  1668  to  1706. 

pp.  595.  Providence.  Knowlest.,  Anthony  jf  Co.  1858. 

Volume  4.  1707  to  1740. 

pp.  622.  Providence.  Knoivles,  Antlioni/  ,(•  Co.  1859. 

Volume  5.  1741  to  1756. 

pp.  594.  Providence.  Knoivles,  Anthony  <|-  Co.  1860. 

Volume  6.  1757  to  1769. 

pp.  629.  Providence.  Knowles,  Anthony  J-  Co.  1861. 

Volume  7.  1770  to  1776. 

pp.  643.  Providence.  A.  Crawford  Greene.  1862. 

Volume  8.  1776  to  1779. 

pp.  661.  Providence.   Cooke  if  Danielson.  1863. 

Volume  9.  1780  to  1783. 

pp.  763.  Providence.  Alfred  Anthony.  1864. 
Volume  10.  1784  to  1790. 

pp.  Providence.  Alfred  Anthony. 

Now  in  the  course  of  publication,  nine  volumes  have  been  published.  A 
tenth  will  probably  complete  the  work,  to  which  will  btvaJded  a  volume 
of  State  Papers  illustrative  of  the  Records. 

A  History  of  the  Destruction  of  His  Britannic  Maj- 


esty's Schooner  Gaspee,  in  Narragansett  Bay,  on  the  9th 
of  June,  1779  ;  accompanied  by  the  correspondence  con- 
nected therewith  :  the  action  of  the  General  Assembly  of 
the  Colony  of  Rhode  Island  thereon,  and  tlie  Official  jour- 
nal of  the  proceedings  of  the  Commissioners  of  Enquiry 
appointed  by  King  George  the  Third  on  the  same. 
8vo.  pp.  140.  Providence.  A.  Crauford  Greene.  1861. 

The  same,  imperial  8vo.  same.  1861. 

This  History  may  also  be  found  in  the  7th  volume  of  the  Rhode  Island  Colo- 
nial Records. 

Index  to  the  printed  Acts  and  Ilesolves,  and  of  tlie 


Petitions  and  Reports  to  the  General   Assembly   of    the 
State,  of  Rhode   Island   and   Providence  Plantations  from 


KHODK      ISLAND.  31 

the  year  1858  to  1860.     Printed  by  order  of  tlie  General 
Assembly, 
^vo.  pp.  104.        Providence.  Knowles,  Anthony  ^  Co.  1856. 
Index  to  the  printed  Acts,  Resolves,  and  of  Petitions 


and  Reports,  from  1850  to  1862. 
8vo.  pp.  xxxiv.  and  103.     Providence.  Alfred  Anthony.  1863. 

Census  of  the  Inhabitants  of  the  Colony  of  Rhode 

Island  and  Providence  Plantations,  taken  by  order  of  the 
General  Assembly,  in  the  year  1771 ;  and  by  the  General 
Assembly  of  the  State  ordered  to  be  printed. 

8vo.  pp.  239.         Providence.  Knoioles,  Anthony  <|-  Co.  1858. 

History  of  Lotteries  in  Rhode  Island.     Published  in 

six  numbers  of  the  Providence  Journal. 

The  Naval  History  of  Rliode  Island.     Published  in 

the  Providence  Journal  in  the  years  1860-61-62.  Num- 
bers 1  to  26.     To  be  continued. 

Report   on   the   State   Beneficiaries ;    including    the 


Deaf   and   Dumb,   the  Blind  and   Insane.     Presented  to 
the  General  Assembly,  January,  1863. 
8vo.  pp.  15.  Providence.  Alfred  Anthony.  1863. 

Barton,  Gex.  William.     Life  of.     See  Catherine  Williams. 

Beamish,  North  Ludlow.  The  Discovery  of  America  by 
the  Northmen,  in  the  tenth  century,  with  notices  of  the 
early  settlements  of  the  Irish  in  the  Western  Hemisphere. 

8yo.  pp.  xliii.  and  239.   2  maps  and  plate  of  the  inscription  on 

Dighton  Rock.  London.   T.  Sf  W.  Boone.  1841. 

This  volume  contains  an  English  version  of  the  Icelandic  Sagas  contained  in 
the  "  Antiquitates  Americanae,"  with  an  introduction  giving  a  sketch  of 
the  rise,  eminence  and  extinction  of  Icelandic  Historical  Literature. 

Benedict,  Rev.  David,  A.  M.  A  General  History  of  the 
Baptist  Denomination  in  America,  and  other  parts  of  the 
world. 

2  vols.  8vo.  pp.  606  and  503,  and  subscribers'  names. 

Boston.  Lincoln  ^-  Edmands.  1813. 

D.   D.   the  same.     Portrait  of  the  author.     Royal 

8vo.  pp.  viii.  and  970.  Neiv  York.  Lewis  Colby  tjf-  Co.  1848. 


32 


BIBLIOGKAPHY  OF 


Fifty  Years  Among  the  Baptists. 

12mn.  pp.  4oT.  New  York.  Sheldon  <f-  Co.  1860. 

The   Watery  War ;    a    poetical  description   of    the 

existing  controversy  between  the  Pedobaptists  and  Bap- 
tists on  the  subjects  and  mode  of  Baptism.  By  John  of 
Enon. 

12mo.  pp.  34.  Boston.  Manning  (f-  Loriny.  1808. 

Althougli  it  does  not  bear  liis  name,  this  work  is  known  to  hare  been  written 
by  Dr.  Benedict,  wlien  a  student  in  Brown  University. 

Benevolent  Congregatioxal  Society,  Act  of  Incorpora- 
tion of,  in  the  town  of  Providence,  in  the  Colony  of 
Rhode  Island,  &c.  Tosother  with  the  rules  of  said  So- 
ciety.  To  which  is. prefixed  a  short  account  of  the  Con- 
gregational Society  in  said  town,  under  the  pastoral  care  of 
the  Rev.  M.  Rowland. 

8vo.  pp.  15.  Providence.  John  Carter.  1771. 

The    same    work.     To  which    is  prefixed    a  short 

account  of  the  First  Congregational  Society  under  tlie 
pastoral  care  of  tlie  Rev.  Dr.  Hitchcock. 

8vo.  pp.  19.  Providence.  John  Carter.  1802. 

Annual    Report    of,  presented  November,   1832,  to 

which  is  added  the  articles  of  faith  and  covenant,  and  a 
list  of  the  officers  and  members. 

8vo.  pp.  60.  Providence.  Edn^ard  cj-  J.  W.  Cory.  1833. 

Besse,  Joseph.  A  collection  of  the  sufTerings  of  the  jjeople 
called  Quakers,  for  the  testimony  of  a  good  conscience, 
from  the  time  of  their  being  first  distinguished  by  that 
name  in  the  year  1650,  to  the  time  of  the  act,  commonly 
called  the  Act  of  Toleration,  granted  to  the  Protestant  dis- 
senters in  the'  first  year  of  the  reign  of  King  William  the 
Third  and  Queen  JNIary,  in  tiie  year  1689.  Taken  from 
original  records  and  otlier  autlientic  documents.  2  vols, 
folio.     Vol.  1.  pp.  iv.  and  767.     Vol.  2.  638. 

London.  Luke  Hyde.  1753. 

Tlie  second  volume  of  this  work  contains  a  chapter  relating  to  tlie  Quakers 
in  New  England,  in  which  are  embraced  letters  from  prominent  membera 
of  the  fraternity  in  Rhode  Island.  Among  tliem  are  letters  from  Gov- 
ernor William  Coddington,  Anne  Coddington.  and  Mary  Dyer. 


RHODE    ISLAND.  '^^ 


Bible  Society.  A  statement  respecting  the  Bible  Society  ot 
the  State  of  llliode  Island  and  Providence  Plantations  ; 
with  an  appendix  addressed  to  the  public  by  the  Board  of 

Trustees. 
8vo  pp.  28.         Providence.  3Iiller,  Goddard  #  3fann.  1814. 

Report  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of,  presented  at 

their  annual  meeting,  September  7,  1829. 
8vo.  pp.  24.  Providence.  Miller  #  31atliews,  1820. 

BiNNET,  Barnabas,  M.  D.     See  note  to   aoddard^s  Memoir 

of  Planning,  p.  20. 
BisnEE,  Noah,  Jun.     An   oration  delivered  in  Newport  on 

the  Fourth  of  July,  1805.  - 

8vo  pp.  52.  Newport.  Asa  Barber.  1805. 

BissETT,  George,  M.  A.  A  sermon  preached  in  Trinity 
Church,  Newport,  Rhode  Island,  June  3,  1771,  at  the 
funeral  of  Mrs.  Abigail  Wanton,  late  consort  of  the  Hon. 
Joseph  Wanton,  Jun:,  Esq.,  who  died  May  31,  1771,  in 
the  36th  year  of  her  age. 

Small  4to.  pp.  20.  Newport.  S.  Southmck.  1771. 

Blackstone  Canal.  Account  of  the  proposed  canal  fi'om 
Worcester  to  Providence,  containing  the  report  of  the 
engineer ;  together  with  some  remarks  upon  Inland  navi- 
o-adon.  Published  by  order  of  the  Committee  for  the 
County  of  Worcester. 

8vo.  pp.  18.  Worcester.  Wm.  Manning.  1822. 

_ The  same  work. 

8vo.  pp.  16.  Providence.  John  Miller.  1825. 

:^ Charter,  by-laws,  &c.,  of  the  Blackstone  Canal  Cor- 
poration. 
8vopp.  39.  Providence.   Cranston  ^  Hammond.  \mb. 

Blackstone,  William,  an  early  planter  of  Boston.  Memoir 
of.     See  Massachusetts  Historical  Coll.     2d  senes.  Vol.  x. 

Blvckstone  Monument  Association.  An  address  dehv- 
ered  at  the- formation  of  the  Blackstone  Monument  Asso- 


04  BIBLIOGRAPHY    OF 

ciation,  together  with  the  preliminaries  and  proceedings  at 
Study  Hill,  July  4,  1855.     Prepared  for  the  press  by  the 
Secretary,  and  published  by  order  of  the  Board  of  Direc- 
tors of  the  Association. 
8vo.  pp.  39.  Pawtueket,  li.  I.  James  L.  Estcy.  1835. 

BOUNDARY  LINE  between  Rhode  Island  and  Massa- 
chusetts.    Books  relating  to. 

Records  of  the  Court  of  Commissioners  for  settling 

and  determining  the  boundaries  of  the  Colony  of  Rhode 
Island  in  America,  eastwards  towards  the  Province  of 
Massachusetts-Bay,  held  at  the  town  of  Providence  in  the 
said  Colony,  Tuesday,  the  7th  day  of  April,  1741,  in  the 
fourteenth  year  of  the  reign  of  His  Majesty  King  George 
the  Second.     Manuscript. 

Royal  folio,  pages  420.     Dated  Providence,  September,  1741. 

The  Royal  Commissioners  on  tlie  Bountlary  were  Cadwallader  Colden,  Abra- 
ham A^anliorn,  Philip  Livingston,  Archibald  Kennedy  and  James  Delancey 
of  the  Province  of  New  York  ;  John  Hamilton,  John  Wells,  John  head- 
ing, Cornelius  Vanhorn  and  William  Provost  of  the  Province  of  New 
Jersey  ;  and  William  Skene,  William  Sheritf,  Henry  Cope,  Erasmus 
James  Phillips  and  Otho  Hamilton,  of  the  Province  of  Nova  Scotia.  The 
records  and  papers  of  the  Commissioners  were  ordered  to  be  kept  in  the 
office  of  the  Secretary  of  New  York,  where  they  still  remain.  The  vol- 
ume from  which  this  title  is  taken  is  in  the  collection  of  our  townsman, 
Mr.  John  Carter  Brown,  for  whom  it  was  copied  from  the  original  in  the 
British  State  Paper  Office,  London.  It  is  attested  by  Robert  Lemon, 
Chief  Clerk  of  the  State  Paper  Office,  and  also  by  His  Excellency,  Louis 
JI'Lane,  the  American  Minister  at  the  Court  of  St.  James.  Another 
copy  is  among  the  State  Arcliives,  furnished  under  a  resolution  of  the 
•  Legislature  of  the  State  of  New  York,  March,  184'J.  The  latter  copy 
fills  251  folio  pages. 

•     Massachusetts-Bay  and  Rhode  Island.     The  case  of 

His  Majesty's  Province  of  the  Massachusetts-Bay,  uport 
two  appeals  relating  to  the  Boundaries  between  that  Pro- 
vince and  the  Colony  of  Rhode  Island  and  Providence 
Plantations.  To  be  heard  before  the  Right  Honorable 
the  Lords  of  the  Committee  of  His  Majesty's  most  Honor- 
able the  Privy  Council,  at  tlu'  Council  Chamber  at  the 
Cockpit,  Whitehall,  1743. 

Folio,  pp.  9.  London.   1743. 


KHODE   ISLAND. 


35 


BouNDAKY  LiNi:.     Books  relating  to. 

Letters,    Reports   and   other  papers  in    manuscript, 

relating  to  the  Boundary  Line  between  Rhode  Island  and 
Massachusetts  fi-om  1694  to  1753,  in  the  office  of  the 
Secretary  of  tlie  State  of  Rhode  Island. 

2  vols,  folio. 

Report  of  the  Committee  of  both  Houses  to  whom 

was  referred  the  Message  of  the  Governor,  communicating 
certain  resolutions  of  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State 
of  Rhode  Island,  relating  to  the  Southern  Boundary  of 
Massachusetts.     Senate  Document,  No.  34. 

8vo.  pp.  15.  Boston.  1832. 

Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States.     Rhode  Island 

vs.  ^Massachusetts.  Papers  put  into  the  case  of  Rhode 
Island  vs.  Massachusetts,  as  evidence  on  the  part  of  Rhode 
Island. 

8vo.  pp.  129.  IWaHhington.']  J.  <f-  G-.  S.  Gideon. 

CLASS    FIRST. 

Various  charters  and  acts  recited  in  the  bill,  and  admitted,  or  not  denied  in 

the  answer. 

CLASS   SECOND. 

No.  1.    Bounds  of  the  PLantation  at  the  Ponds.     1661.  Page  1 

"  2.  Grants  of  the  town  of  Medfield.  1650.  >  "  ^ 
"    3.     Wrenthara,  bounded  on  Charles  River  north :— extracts   from 

the  records  of  the  town  of  Dedham.     1660.  "  4 

"    4.     Wrentham.    Proprietor's  Records.     1698.  "  6 

"  5.  Act  incorporating  the  town  of  Wrentham.  1673.  "  10 
"    6.     Deed— ^John  Ware  to  Peter  Adams,  of  land  bounded  on  Jacks' 

Pasture  Brook.  1708.  1*^ 
"    7.    Deed— Parrington  to  Kingsbury,  of  lands  on  both  sides  of  Jacks' 

Pasture  Brook.    1711.  11 

."    8.    Deed— Fisher  to  Barbour.    1715.  "  13 

"    y.     Ancient  papers,  from  A  to  M,  inclusive.  "  15 

"    9.     A.     Extracts  from  the  Mendon  records,  five  papers.  "  34 

"  10.     Deed— Partridge  to  Partridge.     1719.  "  36 

"  11.    Deed— Samuel  Harden  to  Josepli  Whiting,  Jun.     1754.  "  38 

"  12.     Act  incorporating  the  town  of  Franklin.     1768.  "  41 

CLASS    THIKD. 

"    1.     Running  of  Commissioners   of  Massachusetts  and  Plymouth, 

in  16G4,  of  their  dividing  line.     1664.  "    42 

"    2.     Copy  of  letter  from  Massachusetts.     1709.  "    44 


36  BIBLIOGRAPHY    OF 

Boundary  Line.     Books  relating  to. 


No.  3.    Law  of  Connecticut  establishing  a  ferry  in  Windsor.     1042.  Pa^e  4-1 
"   4.     Commission  from  Charles  2d  to  settle  disputes  about  bounda- 
ries.    1664.  "   4-5 
"    5.    Deposition  of  Richard  Callicott,  taken  in   1672;  also  of  James 

Taylor,  taken  in  1711.  '■    47 

CLASS   FOUHTH. 

"    1.    Keport  of  Commissioners  tliat  run  the  North  lines  in  1750.         "    48 
"    2.     Claim  of  Cumberland  to  a  part  of  Wrentham  in  1794.  "    52 

"    3.    Acts  of  the  General  Assembly  of  R.  I.,  from  1705  to  1825.       "    52 

CLASS    FIFTH. 

"    1.    Act  of  Massachusetts  relative  to  the  Boundary  Line.  "    80 

CLASS    SIXTH. 

"    1.    Act  of  Connecticut,  appointing  Roger  Wolcott  and  Pliineas 

Lyman  to  concur  with  oursrespecting  northern  line,  1751.    "    88 
"    2.    Acts  aud  Agreements  of  1713.  "    88 

"    3.     Copies  of  papers  from  Connecticut,  1750  to  17-52  iipclusive.  "    92 

"    4.     Copy  of  tiie  Connecticut  case  in  1703.  "  103 

Deposition  of  Simeon  Bordeh,  1843. 

8vo.  pp.  54.  [Washington.}  J.  cj^  Gr.  S.  Gideon.  1844. 

SupremeCoiu'tof  the  United  States.  Rhode  Island  vs. 

Massachusetts.     Papers  put  into  the  case  by  JMassachusett.s. 

8vo.  pp.  54.                         [Washington.']  J.  cj-  Cr.  S.  Gideon. 

Nos.  1  to  9.    Deeds  and  notes  of  land  surveyors,  1711  to  1765.  Page  1 

No.  10.     Copy  of  Wrentliam  and  Bellingham  line,  1735.  "  16 

"    11.     Report  about  Wrentham  and  Bellingham  line,  April  1735.  "  17 

"    12.     Petition,  grant  and  plat  of  Bellingliam  town,  1719.  "  19 

"    13.     Report  of  the  Committee  for  running  the  south  line,  1709.  "22 

"    14.    Various  deeds,  letters,  surveys,  records  and  reports.  24  to  54 

Argument  in  the  case  Rhode  Island  against  Massa- 
chusetts, Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States,  January- 
term,  1838.  [By  Benjamin  Hazard.]  Printed  by  order 
of  the  General  Assembly. 

8vo.  pp.  60.  Providence.  Knowles,  Vose  ^  Co.  1838. 

Resolve  concerning  the  Boundary  Line  between   the 

States  of  Massachusetts  and   Rhode  Island,  1843.     With 
the  petition  of  Church  Gray  and  79  others. 

8vo.  pp.  8,  '  Senate  Doc.  of  Massachusetts.  1844. 

Abstract  of  Historical   events  relating  to  the  North 

and  South  lines  of  JMassachusetts,  prepared  by  the  Counsel 
for  Rhode  Island  in  the  case  Rhode  Island  vs.  Massachu- 


KHODK    ISLAND.  -il 

setts,  pcmling  in  the  yujireme  Court  of  the  United  States, 
January  Term,  1845. 
8\o.  pp.  42.  1845. 

Report  of  tlie  Massachusetts  Commissioners  appointed 


under  a  resolve  of  the  Legislature  of  jNlassachusetts,  (of 
Feb.  2,  1844,  on  the  petition  of  Church  Gray  and  others,) 
upon  the  Boundary  Line  between  Rhode  Island  and  Massa- 
chusetts, from  Pawtucket  Falls  to  Bullock's  Neck,  Jan. 
28,  1840,  together  with  the  report  of  Simeon  Borden. 
8vo.  i)p.  21.         IToitse  Doc.  JHo.  11,  of  Massachusetts.  184G. 

Communication    of  Gov.    Briggs   to    the    House  of 

Representatives  of  Massachusetts,  dated  Marcli  23,  184G  ; 
and  a  letter  from  Daniel  Webster,  accompanying  the 
opinion  of  Judge  McLean  delivered  in  the  Supreme  Court 
of  the  United  States,  December  Term,  1845,  in  the  case 
of  the  State  of  Rhode  Lsland  vs.  Massachusetts.  Also, 
Resolves   concerning  the  Boundary  Line  between  Massa- 

cluisetts  and  Rhode  Island. 

8vo.  pp.  22.  House  Boc.  No.  76,  of  Blassachmctts.  1846. 

Report    of  the  Commissioners  of  the  State  of  Mas- 
sachusetts and  Rhode  Island,  appointed  to  ascertain,  establish 

and   definitely   mark   the    true    Boundary    Line  between 
said  States,  from    the  Atlantic    (^cean    to    the    northwest 
corner  of  Riiode  Island. 
8vo.  pp.  4.  House  Boc.  of  Massachusetts,  January.  1847. 

Resolve    concerning   the    Boundary    Line    between 

Massachusetts  and  Rhode  Island. 

House  Boc.  of  Massachusetts,  No.  116.  1847. 

Documents  relating  to  the  Boundary  Line  and  Dis- 


puted Territory  between  Slassachusetts  and  Rhode  Island. 
8vo.  pp.  64.  Fall  liivcr.  Henry  Pratt.  1847. 

This  iianiplilct  was  printed  liy  oi\ler  of  tlie  town  of  Fall  liivcr,  witli  a  view  to 
furnish  the  titizens  and  the  community  with  the  principal  documents  and 
facts  relating  to  tlie  territory  in  dispute. 
No.  1.     A  brief  report  made  to  the  town  of  Fall  River  at  its  town  meet- 
ing in   April   10,  1847,   by  a  committee   appointed    for   tliat 
purpose.  Page  3 


38  *  lillil.IOGKAPHY    OF 

BouNDAUV  Lixii.     Books  relatino;  to. 


No.  2.  Petition  of  tlie  town  of  Fall  River,  through  thoir  Committee  to 
the  Legislature;  in  which  is  given  a  succinct  history  of  the 
proceedings  of  the  last  hundred  years,  touching  the  Boundary 
Line,  March  6,  1847.  ].'age  6 

"  3.  The  award  of  the  Commissioners  of  George  2il,  who  met  at 
Providence  in  1741 ;  which  award  was  confirmed  by  the  King 
in  Council  in  1746.  "     24 

"  4.     Report  of  the  Commissioners  appointed   by  Massachusetts   in 

1781,  to  meet  the  Commissioners  of  Rliode  Island.  "     27 

"  5.  Report  of  the  Survey'  of  Simeon  Borden  to  the  Commissioners 
appointed  to  ascertain  and  establish  the  Boundary  between 
the  States  of  Rhode  Island  and  JIassauhusctts,  from  the  Atlan- 
tic Ocean  to  the  Burnt  Swamp  Corner  (so  called)  in  Wrentham.  "     CI 

"  0.    Recent  agreement  between  a  majority  of  the  Massachusetts 

and  Rhode  Island  Commissioners,  April  28,  1847.  "     C'J 

"  7.     Callanddoingsof  a  Convention  held  at  Fall  River,  June  23, 1847.  "    42 

"  8.     Resolves  passed  by  the  Legislature  of  Massachusetts  in  1844-45, 

concerning  the  Boundary  Line.  "    5o 

"  9.     Decision  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  tlie  United  States  with  tlie 

case  of  Rhode  Island  is.  Massachusetts,  December  Term,  184-5.  "    5'j 

Pajjers  on  the  Boundary  Line  between  IMassacluisett.s 

and  the  easterly  line  of  Rhode  Island.  First  published  in 
September  and  October,  1847,  in  the  Boston  Atlas.  By 
Plymouth  Colony- 

8vo.  pp.  19.  [Boston.']  Ho  date. 

Report  of  the  Boundary  Commissioners,  transmitting 

Simeon  Borden's  Survey  of  the  Line  from  Burnt  Swamp 
corner,  in  Wrentham,  to  a  monument  in  Thompson,  Con- 
necticut, January,  1847. 

Memorial  from  the  town  of  Fall  River  to  the  Commissioners,  Sept.  21,  184G. 
Memorial  from  the  town  of  Westport  to  the  Commissioners,  Jan,  28,  1847. 
Memorial  from  the  town  of  Fall  River  to  the  Legislature  of  JIassachusetts, 

March  G,  1S47. 
Memorial  from  Pawtucketto  ditto. 
Memorials   from    Seckonk  and  Rehoboth,   .January,  1840,  and  January,  1S47. 

Massacliusetts  House  Document,  No.  57,  1857.    8vo. 
The  above  are  Documents  of  the  Massachusetts  Legislature.     House  Xos.  l:i, 

9:3,  80,  57.     1847. 

Petition    from    inhabitants    of   Fall  River,   bv  their 

Committee,  to  the  Legislature  of  Massachusetts,  relative  to 
the  South  "Boundary  of  Fall  River,  March  0,  1847. 

8vo.  pp.  21.  House  Doe.  of  3Iass.  No.  03.  iMarcJi.  1847. 


ItllODK    ISLAND.  '^^ 

Boundary  Line.     Books  i-L-latino;  to. 


Report  of  Simeon  Borden  to  the  Couimissioners  of 

tlie  States  of  Massachusetts  and  Illiode  Island,  for  deter- 
mining the  Boundary  Line  between  said  States. 

8vo.  pp.      House  Document  of  Massachusetts.  No.  14.  1847. 

Report  of  the  Joint  Special  Committee,  appointed 


under  a  Resolve  of  the  General  Court  of  INIassachusetts, 
of  March  18,  1844,  [on  the  Eastern  Boundary,]  made  in 
April,  1848.     [Witii  an  Appendix  of  Documents.] 
8vo.  pp.  140.  Senate  Bocifment,  No.  128.  April.  1848. 

Tlie  IbUowiny  doeiimcnts  comprise  the  Appendix  : 

A.  Letter  from  Kliotlc  Ishuui  to  tlie  Earl  of  Clarendon,  with  "  some 
reasons  for  settling  the  eastern  line,  according  to  the  meaning 
and  letter  of  the  Charter."  ^^ge  ^- 

15,     Extract  from  tlie  Speech  of  Gov.  Shirley,  Dec.  30,  1740,  etc.  "     iG 

Report  of  Rhode  Island  Ex-parte  Commissioners  in  1745.  "     78 

C.     Act  of  Rhode  Island,  appointing  Boundary  Commissioners,  17'J1.     "     81 

1).    Report  of  Rhode  Island  Coinmissiouers,  1792.  "    81 

Report  of  Massachusetts  Commissioners,  1792.  "    83 

E.  Testimony  taken  before  the  Joint  Special  Committee  of  the  Legis- 
lature of  Massachusetts,  on  the  Boundary  Line,  March  2, 1848. 
T.  Wenthworth,  Chairman.  "     87 

V.     1.  Letters  and  memorials  from  inliabitants  of  the  town  of  Fall  River. 

2.  Protest  of  ijualified  voters  in  the  town  of  Pawtncket. 

3.  Remonstrance  from  citizens  of  the  town  of  Seekonk. 

4.  Remonstrance  from  inhahilants  of  the  town  of  Attleborough. 
.5.  Remonstrance  from  inliabitants  of  the  town  of  Westport. 

6.  Petitions  from  inhabitants  of  the  town  of  Swanzey. 

Report  of  the    Commissioners    appointed    Feb.  27, 

1844,  to  ascertain  and  establish  the  true  Boundary  Line 
between  Massachusetts  and  Rhode  Island,  from  Pawtucket 
Falls  to  Bullock's  Neck ;  and  a  minority  report  on  the 
same  subject :  with  an  appendix  of  twenty-four  documents, 
and  the  decision  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  United 
States,  December  Term,  1845.     Folding  Map. 

8vo.  pp.  132.         Mass.  Senate  Doc.  No.  14.  January.  1848. 

Report  of  the  Joint  Coiiimittee  upon  the  Boundary 

Line  between  the  States  of  Rhode  Island  and  Massachu- 
setts :    made  to  the  Legislature  of  Rhode  Island,  January 


40  miSLlOCUlAPHY    OF 

Boundary  Lin 6.     Books  relating  to. 

Session,  A.  D.,  1848.  Printed  by  order  of  the  Legislature. 
8vo.  pp.  58.  Providence.  Joseph  Knowles.  1849. 

The  Commissioners  were  E.  R.  Potter,  Steplien  Braucli,  Wm.  T>.  Brajton, 
Alfred  Bosxvortli,  Fenner  Brown  and  Natiian  F.  Dixon. 

Report  of  the  .Joint  Comnaittee  upon  the  Boundary 

Line  between  the  States  of  Rhode  Island  and  Massachu- 
setts ;  made  to  the  Legislature  of  Rhode  Island,  January 
Session,  A.  D.,  1849.     Printed  by  order  of  the  Legislature. 

8vo.  pp.  58.  Providence.  Joseph  Knowles.  1849. 

—     Message    of  Gov.    Boutwell    to    the   Legislature  of 

Massachusetts,  accompanying  the  Report  of  the  Massachu- 
setts Commissioners  on  the  Boundary  Line  between  the 
States  of  Rhode  Island  and  Massachusetts,  March  15,  1851. 

8vo.  pp.  14.  House  Document,  No.  120.  1851. 

Report  of  the  Joint  Special  Committee,  to  the  Legis- 
lature of  Massachusetts  on  the  Boundary  question,  (upon 
the  petitions  from  Pawtucket,  Seekonk,  Rehobeth  and 
Fall  River,)  with  accompanying  resolves.     April,  1852. 

8vo.  pp.  15.  Senate  Document,  No.  106.  1852. 

Supreme    Court  of  the    United    States,    September 

Term,  1852.  [Bill  of  Complaint.]  The  Commonwealth 
of  Massachusetts  vs.  The  State  of  Rhode  Island  and  Provi- 
dence Plantations. 

4to.  pp.  200.     With  maps  and  plans. 

Boston.   WJiite  <j-  Potter.  1852. 

Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States,  at  its  Decem- 
ber Terra,  at  Washington,  A.  D.,  1855.  (In  Equity.) 
[Answer  to  the  State  of  Rhode  Island.]  The  Common- 
wealth of  Massachusetts  vs.  The  State  of  Rhode  Island  and 
Providence  Plantations. 

Folio,  pp.  37  and  40.     Appendix  of  doc.     Providence.  1855 

Majority  report  of  the  Joint  Committee  of  the  Gen- 
eral Assembly  on  tiic  disputed  Boundary  between  Rhode 
Island  and  Massachusetts. 

8vo.  pp.  12,  Providence.  Knowhs,  Anthonif  <?•  Co.  1860. 


KHour,  isi. \M).  41 

Boi  ^'l)AKY  Line.     Books  relating  to. 

Some  Considerations  touching  the  proposed  change 


of  Boundary   between    the  States    of  Massachusetts  and 
Rhode  Island.     By  a  Rhode  Islander. 
8vo.  pp.  8.  Providence.  18G1. 

Supplementary  Bill  in  Equity,  the  Commonwealtli 

of  Massacimsetts  vs.  The  State  of  Rhode  Island,  December 
Term,  1860.  Certified  by  Oliver  Warner,  Secretary  of 
the  Commonwealth. 

8vo.  pp.  11.  Boston.  January.  1861. 

Answer  to  the  Supplementary  Bill  in  Equity,  the 


Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts  vs.  the  State  of  Rhode 
Island,    December    Term,    1860.     Certified    by  John  R. 
Bartlett,  Secretary  of  State. 
8vo.  pp.  9.  Providence.  January  23.  1861. 

Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States,  No.  3.     The 


Commonwealth   of  Massachusetts,    complainaut,    vs.  The 
State  of  Rhode  Island.     Bill  in  Chancery. 
8vo.  pp.  261.         Gov.  Printing  Office.  [WasJdnyton.^   1862. 

The  following  are  the  contents  of  the  volume  : 

Bill.    Massachusetts  is.  Rhode  Island.  Page      1 

Agreement  of  parties,  Deeemher  Term,  18a4.  "    122 
Answer  of  the  State  of  Rhode  Island  to  the  Bill  of  Complaint  of  the 

State  of  Massacimsetts.  "     123 

Replicatson  of  Massachusetts  to  the  answer  of  Rhode  Island.  "     228 

Stipulation  of  Counsel  and  order  of  Court.  "    229 

Agreement  to  extend  time.  "    229 

Motion  for  leave  to  file  Supplementary  Bill.  "    237 

Motion  for  United  States  to  intervene.  "    243 

Assent  of  United  States  to  interlocutory  order.  '•     24.3 

Interlocutory  order  and  report.  "    244 

Motion  for  leave  to  file  2d  Supplementary  Bill.  "    248 

Motion  for  leave  to  file  ;2d  Supplementary  Bill  and  answer.  "     248 

Order  gr.anting  leave  to  file  2d  Supplementary  Bill  and  answer.  "     248 

Second  Supplementary  Bill.  "    249 

Answer  to  Ditto.  "    254 

Final  Decree.    Filed  December  16,  1861.  "    257 
The  following  are  the  titles  of  the  Public  Laws  which  appertain  to  the  Bound- 
ary question  recently  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  Rhode  Island, 
all  of  which  will  he  Ibund  in  the  Supplements  to  (he  Revised  Statutes  : 


42  liiiii.iocutArnv  of 

Boundary  Line.     Books  relating  to. 

An  act  in  amendment  of  act  an  passed  at  the  January  Session,  A.  I).,  1860, 
entitled  "an  act  for  the  adjustment  of  the  Eastern  Boundary  of  this  State. 
and  for  a  boundary  of  agreement."     Cliapter  357,  January  Session,  1801. 

An  act  in  addition  to  an  act  providing  for  an  adjustment  of  the  Eastern  Bound- 
ary of  this  State,  and  for  a  boundary  by  agreement,  and  to  the  act  in 
amendment  tliereof.     Chapter  879,  May  Session,  18G1. 

An  act  regulating  suits  at  h\w,  and  granting  possessions,  and  establisliing  titles 
of  land  aud  property,  afieeted  by  the  establishment  of  the  Boundary  Line 
between  the  States  of  Rhode  Island  and  Massachusett,  and  for  other  pur- 
poses.    Chapter  391.     Passed  in  January  Session,  lStJ"J. 

An  act  in  addition  to,  and  in  amendment  of,  "  an  act  in  addition  to  an  act,  pro- 
Tiding  for  an  adjustment  of  the  Eastern  Boundary  of  this  State,  aud  for 
a  boundary  by  agreement,  and  to  the  act  in  amendment  thereof."  Passed 
at  the  May  Session,  A.  D.,  1851.     Chapter  892. 

An  act  in  amendment  of  an  act  entitled  "  an  act  regulating  suits  at  law,  and 
of  uniting  possessions;  and  establishing  titles  of  land  and  property 
aflfected  by  the  establishment  of  the  Boundary  Line  between  the  States  of 
Rhode  Island  and  Alassachusetts,  and  for  other  purposes."  Passed  at  the 
May  Session,  A.  D.,  1862.     Chapter  415. 

An  act  to  provide  for  the  valuation  of  the  property  within  tlie  territory  over 
which  the  State  of  Massachusetts,  prior  to  the  first  day  of  March  last  ex- 
ercised jurisdiction,  for  ta.xation  and  other  purposes.  Passed  at  tlie  Jlay 
Session,  A.  D.,  1862.     Chapter  417. 

BowEN,  Henry  L.     Memoir  of  Tristain  Barges,   with  selec- 
tions from  liis  speeches  and  occasional  writings. 
8v().  pp.  xii.  and  404.     Portrait. 

Providence.  ilarsIiaU,  Broun  J-  Cu.  1855. 

BoURS,  John.  An  appeal  to  the  Public,  in  which  the  mis- 
representations and  calumnies,  contained  in  a  pamphlet, 
entited  a  Narrative  of  certain  matters  relative  to  Trinity 
Church,  in  Newport,  in  the  State  of  Rhode  Island,  by  a 
very  extraordinary  man,  the  Rev.  Jamey  Sayere,  A.  M., 
late  Minister  of  said  Church,  are  pointed  out,  and  his 
very  strange  conduct  during  the  time  of  his  ministration 
at  Newport,  faithfully  related.  By  John  Bours,  Mer- 
chant, and  one  of  the  vestry  of  said  Church. 

8vo.  pp.  39.     A-ppendix  v.  Newport.  Peter  Edes.  1789. 

Block  Isl.vnd.  Memoir  of  Block  Island,  or  Manisscs.  A-. 
D.,  1762.     By  Dr.  Stiles. 

Mass.  Hist.  Coll.  1st  series,  Vol.  7. 


HHODl';    ISLAND.  4o 

lii.ocK  Jsi,AM).     'I'lio   History  of.     13y  Henry  T.  Beckwitli. 

Read  befoie  the  Rhode  Island  Historical  Society,  Nov.  1856. 

4to.  pp.  8.  Historical  3Iagazine.  April.  1858. 

A   paper  on  tlie  early  history  of.     Read  before  the 

Rhode    Island   Historical    Society,    and   published   in    the 
Providence  Journal,  1859.     By  Hon.  William  P.  Sheffield. 

Bradford,  Rev.  ZAismEi,.     Sermon  on.     SeoJ".  iV.  Granger. 

Brenton,  William.  Letter  to  John  Endicott,  dated  New- 
port, November  9,  1861. 

Mass.  Historical  Collection.  2d  series,  vol.  1. 

BjanciiiAjr,  Samuel  W.  An  oration  delivered  at  the  Benevo- 
lent Congregational  Meeting  House,  Providence,  on  the 
4tli  of  July,  1798. 

8vo.  pp.  12.  Providence.    Carter  tf  Wilkinson.  1798. 

Bristol.  An  account  of  the  settlement  of  the  Town  of 
Bristol,  in  the  State  of  Rhode  Island  ;  and  of  the  Congre- 
gational Cliurcli  therein,  with  the  succession  of  Pastors 
from  its  origin  to  the  present  time  ;  together  with  the  act 
of  incorporation  of  the  Catholic  Congregational  Society, 
and  the  rules  established  in  said  Society. 

8vo.  pp.  16.      Providence.  Printed  by  Bennett  Wheeler.  1785. 

Briggs,  John,  A.  B.  An  oration  delivered  at  the  North 
Meeting  House,  in  Tiverton,  on  the  11th  February,  ISOO, 
on  the  death  of  General  George  Washington.  By  the 
request  of  the  Honorable  Town  Council  of  Tiverton. 

8vi).  pp.  10.  Neivport.  Henry  Barber.  1800. 

Bristed,  Rev.  John.     Funeral  discourse  on.     See  JSasiburn. 

British  Empire  in  America.     A  new  and  complete  History 

of  the  Bi'itish  Empire  in  America. 
3  vols.  8vo.  [^London.']    1756. 

The  first  volume  of  this  work  cont.ains  an  introduction  of  fiftj'-two  pages,  and 
an  account  of  Hudson's  Bay,  Newfoundland,  Nova  Scoiia  and  New  Kng- 
lanil,  in  402  pages.  T!ie  second  continues  tlie  liistory  of  New  England, 
and  gives  that  of  New  York,  New  .Jersey  and  I'ennsylviinia,  408  pages. 
Tlic  tliird  contains  Maryland,  Virginia  and  Nortli  Carolina,  ending  ab- 
luptly  at  page  272.     It  contains  well  executed  maps  and  plates. 


44  inKl.IOGIlAPHY    OF 

Broaii  Rimmed  Wheels.        See  Hints  to  Farmers  of  li.  I. 

Brooks,    Rev.    Charles  T.      Sermon  on  t]ie  death  of  Dr. 

Channing.      Preached    in    the    Union    IMeeting    House, 

Portsmouth,  R.  I.,  Oct.  10,  1842. 
Printed  intlie  Boston  Evening  Gazette,  early  in  18J3. 

Aquidneck.     A  Poem.     Pronounced  on  the  lOOtli 

Anniversary  of  the  Incorporation  of  tlie  Redwood  Library, 
Newport,  R.  I.,  Aug.  24,  1847  ;  witli  otlier  commemora- 
tive pieces. 

12mo.  pp.  63.  Providence.   C.  Biir7idt,  Jim.  1848. 

The  controversy  touching  the  Old  Stone  Mill,  in  the 

town  of  Newport,  Rhode  Island,  with  remarks  introduc- 
tory and  conclusive.     With  three  wood  cuts. 

12mo.  pp.  91.  Newport.    C.  E.  Hammeft,  Jim.  1831. 

Songs  of  Field  and  Flood.     Printed  for  the  Ladies' 

Fair  at  the  Ocean  House,  Newport,  August,  1853. 

8vo.  i)p.  47.  Boston.  John  Wilson  ^  Son.  1853. 

Contains  " Lines  on  leaving  Mount  Hope  Bay." — "Sabbath  Morning  at  Pet- 
taquamscutt." — Indian  Summer  Noon  at  Uliode  Island,"  etc. 

The  old  Rhode  Island  Question.     Review  of  Arnold's 


History    of  Rhode    Island.     In    Christian   Examiner,  for 
March,  1859. 

The  Soldier's  Welcome  Home !     Spoken  by  Master 


Fred.  P.  Saj'er,  at  the  reception  of  the  Newport  Artillery, 
Colonel  Tew  and  General  Bnrnside.     Aug.  G,  1861. 

Broadstide.  Newport  Advertiser  Office.  1861. 

Mr.  Brooks  is  the  writer  of  twenty-six  different  New  Year's  addresses,  written 
and  printed  as  Broadside's,  between  tlie  years  1830  and  1803,  which,  more 
or  less,  relate  to  the  liistbry  of  the  State. 

Brown,  Moses.  From  the  meeting  for  sufferings  for  New 
England,  to  the  several  Quarterly  and  ilonthly  meetings 
belonging  to  the  Yearly  Meeting.  Eleventh  of  the  11th 
month,  1782. 

4to.  pp.  19.  Providence.  John  Carter.   [1782.] 


RUODK      ISLAND. 


45 


Brown,  Nicholas.  A  sermon  preached  JMiiy  ol,  1791,  in 
Providence,  State  of  Rhode  Island,  on  the  death  of  Nicho- 
las Brown,  Esq.,  who  died  the  29th  prccocding,  iEt.  G2. 
Published  at  the  desire  of  the  bereaved  family.  By  Sam- 
uel Stillman,  D.  D.,  Pastor  of  the  First  Church  in  Boston, 
and  Fellow  of  Rhode  Island  College. 

8vo.  pp.  24  and  iv.  Providence.  J.  Carter.  [1791.] 

Brief  Notices  of  the  Life  and  Character  of.  Re- 
printed from  the  Providence  Journal  of  October  4,  1841. 

12mo.  pp.  15.  Providence.  1841. 

A  discourse  on  the  Life  and  Character  of,  delivered 

in   the  chapel   of  Brown  University,  November,  3,  1841. 
By  Francis  Wayland,  D.  D.,  President  of  the  University. 

8vo.  pp.  30.  Boston.   Gould,  Kendall  cj-  Lineo/n.  1841. 

Notice   of,  in  Teasdale's  Plist.   Discourse  before  the 

First  Baptist  Church  in  New  Haven,     p.  36.     1842. 

Brown,  Hon.  Nicholas.  Sketch  of  the  educational  and  other 
benefactions  of.  By  Prof.  Wm.  Gammell.  Reprinted  from 
Barnard's  American  Journal  of  Education,     June,  1857. 

8vo.  pp.  26. 

Brown  Family.  Genealogy  of  a  portion  of,  principally  from 
the  Moses  Brown  papers  and  from  other  authentic  sources. 

12mo.  pp.  16.  Providence.  H.  H.  Brown.  1851. 

Brown,  Col.  William  W,  of  the  Providence  First  Light 
Infantry  Company,  on  charges  preferred  by  Gen.  Joseph 
S.  Pitman,  Brigadier  General,  Second  Brigade,  Rhode 
Island  Militia  ;  at  Providence,  August,  1856. 

8vo.  pp.  23.  Providence.  A.  Crawford  Greene.  1856. 

Statement  respecting  the   Court  Martial  ordered  by 

General  Burnside  for  the  trial  of  Col.  W.  W.  Brown,  on 
charges  preferred  by  General  Pitman. 

8vo.  pp.  11.  Providence.  1856. 

BROWN  UNIVERSITY.     Books  relating  to. 
Addresses,  Orations,  Sermons  and  Poems,  delivered  before 
,     Broivn  Universiti/  and  its  Literary  Societies,  or  otherwise 
connected  with  it ;  also  Catalogues  of  Books  and  Students. 


46  BIBLIOGRAPHY  01" 

Bkown  University.     Books  relatine  to. 


Addeman  and  Colby.     Class  of  18G2.     An   Oration 

and  a  Poem  delivered  in  the  chapel  of  Brown  University, 
on  Class  Day,  June  12,  1862.  Printed  at  the  request  of 
the  class.  Oration  by  Joshua  M.  Addeman,  of  Provi- 
dence, R.  I.  Poem  by  Henry  F.  Colby,  of  Newton 
Centre,  Mass. 

8vo.  pp.  4-3.  Providence.    Cooke  J'  Daniehon.  1862. 

Account    of    the    First    Commencement    of    Rhode 

Island  College,  celebrated  at  Warren,  Thursday,  Septem- 
ber 7,  1769. 

Small  4to.         Newport.  Printed  by  Solomon  Southwick.  1769. 

Allen,  Benjamin,  A.  B.  An  oration  in  defence  of  Divine 
Revelation ;  together  with  the  Valedictory  Address  ;  de- 
livered at  the  Baptist  Meeting  House,  in  Providence,  at 
the  Commencement  of  Rhode  Island  College,  September 
6,  1797.     Published  by  request. 

8vo.  pp.  16.  Providence.    Carter  <f-   Wilkinson.  1797. 

Allen,  Paul,  Jun.,  A.  B,  An  oration  on  the  necessity  of 
Political  Union  at  the  present  day  ;  dehvered  at  the  Bap- 
tist Meeting  House,  in  Providence,  at  the  Commencement 
of  Rhode  Island  College,  A.  D,,  1797. 

8vo.  pp.  8.  Providence.   Carter  .J-  Wilkinson.  1797. 

A.  j\[.     An   Oration,   delivered    at   the   Benevolent 

Congregational  Meeting  House,  in  Pi'ovidence,  before  the 
Corporation  of  the  Federal  Adelphi,  at  their  Anniversary 
meeting,  on  the  4th  day  of  September,  1798. 

8vo.  pp.  19.  Providence.  Bennett  Wheeler.  1798. 

An    Oration   on   the   principles   of  Taste,   delivered 

before  the  Federal  Adelphi,  September  4,  1800,  at  the 
Baptist  Meeting  House,  in  Providence. 

Bvo.  pp.  14.  Providence.  Bennett  Wheeler.  1800. 

Allen,  Paul,, Jun.  An  Oration  on  the  death  of  Roger 
Williams  Howell,  a  member  of  the  Senior  Class  of  Rhode 
Island  College,  who  died  Oct.  7,  1792,  a-t  at  20.  Pro, 
nounccd  in  College  Chapel,  Nov.  22,  1792. 

8vo.  pp.  11.  Providence.  Printed  by  J.  Carter.  1792. 


IdKlDE    ISLAXn.  it 

Bkown  University.     Books  relating  to. 
AixEN,   Bexjamix   F.     An  Oration   pronounced  belbrc  the 
Students    of  Brown   University,   in   the   College   Chapel, 
July  4,   1817,  in  commemoration  of  the  anniversary  of 
American  Independence. 
8vo.  pp.  16.  Providence.  Jones  if  Wheeler.  1817. 

BiNNEY,  Barxadas,  A.  B.  An  Oration  delivered  at  the  late 
Public  Commencement  at  Rhode  Island  College,  in  Provi- 
dence, Sept.  17,  1774.  Being  a  plea  for  the  right  of  private 
judgment  in  religious  matters  ;  or,  for  the  liberty  of  choos- 
ing our  own  religion,  corroborated  by  the  well  known 
consequences  of  priestly  power.  To  which  are  annexed 
the  valedictions  of  the  class  tlien  first  graduated. 
Small  4to.  pp.  44.  Boston.  John  Kneeland.  1774. 

BuiDCiHAjr,  Samuel  W.     An  Oration  delivered  at  the  Com- 
mencement of  R.  I.  College,  in  Providence,  Sept.  (3,  1797. 
8vo.  pp.  7.  Providence.   Carter  if-  Wilkinson.  1797. 

BuRGES,  TuisTAM,  A.  M.     The  Art  of  Excelling;  an  oration 
delivered  in  the  Benevolent  Congregational  Meeting  House, 
at  Providence,  before  the  Society  of  Federal  Adelphi,  on 
their  Anniversary,  September  5,  1798. 
8vo.  pp.  22.  Providence.  John  Carter,  Jun.  1799. 

An    Oration    delivered   before    the    R.   I.    Federal 

Adelphi,  September  8,  1831. 
8vo.  pp.  36.  Providence.   Weeden  f  Knoivles.  1831. 
The  Cause  of  ]\Ian  ;  an  oration,  together  with  Vale- 
dictory  Addresses,  pronounced  at  the   Commencement  of 
Rhode  Island  College,  Sept.  7,  A.  D.,  1796.     "  Say  rather 
man's  as  perfect  as  he  ought." — Po]}e. 
Svo.  pp.  17.                 Providence.   Carter  f  Wilkinson.  1796. 
Burgess,    George,   A.    M.     Minister   of    Christ's    Church, 
Hartford,  Conn.     The  Martyrdom   of  St.    Peter  and   St. 
Paul ;  a  Poem  recited   before   the   Rhode  Island  Alpha  of 
the  Phi  Beta  Kappa  Society  of  Brown  University,  Sept.  3, 
•      1834. 

18mo.  pp.  48.         Providence.  Marshall,  Brown  <|-  Co.  1834. 
Ths  author  is  now  Bisliop  of  Maine. 


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BuowN  University.     Books  relating  to. 


Baily,  Isaac.  A  Poem  delivered  before  the  Philenneniau 
Society  of  Brown  Universiti/,  on  their  Anniversary,  Sept., 
1812.     Published  at  the  request  of  the  Society. 

8vo.  pp.  15.  Providence.  David  Hawkins,  Jun.  1812. 

Bueeage,  Henry  S.     A  Poem  by.     See  Shearman. 

Barton,  Ira.  Eulogy  delivered  in  the  Chapel  of  Brown 
University,  on  Mr.  Ezra  Bailey,  member  of  the  Sopho- 
more Class,  who  died  Oct.  7,  1818.  By  Ira  Barton, 
member  of  the  Senior  Class. 

8vo.  pp.  16.  Providence.  Miller  (J-  Hutchens.  1817. 

Caswell,  Alexis.     A  Discourse   dehvered  before   the  Phi 

Beta  Kappa  Society  of  Rhode  Island,  Sept.  2,  1835. 
8vo.  pp.  18.  Printed  in  the  Biblical  Bepository.  1836. 

Gushing,  Caleb.  A  Discourse  on  the  Social  Influence  of 
Christianity,  delivered  at  Providence.  R.  I.,  Sep)t.  1835,  at 
the  instance  of  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa  Society  of  Brown 
University. 

8vo.  pj).  28.  Andover.   Croidd  <j'  Neivman.  1839. 

Deane,  Rev.  Samuel,  of  Scituate,  Mass.  The  Populous 
Village ;  a  Poem,  recited  before  the  Philermenian  Society 
of  Providence,  Sept.,  1826.     Published  by  the  Society. 

8vo.  pp.  18.  Providence.  Miller  <)'•  G-rattan.  1826. 

Dextee,  Andeew,  Jun.,  A.  B.  An  Oration  on  the  import- 
ance of  Science  and  Religion,  particularly  to  Amei'ican 
Youth.  Pronounced  at  the  Commencement  of  Rhode 
Island  College,  Sept.  5,  1798.  Published  at  the  request 
of  the  Students. 

8vo.  pp.  8.  Providence.   Carter  §-  Wilkinson.  1 798. 

Dodge,  Paul,  A.  B.  A  Poem  ;  dehvered  at  the  Commence- 
ment of  Rhode  Island  College,  Sept.  6,  A.  D.,  1797. 
Published  by  I'cqucst. 

8vo.  pp.  8.  Providence.   Carter  i)''  Wilkinson.  1797. 

DuRFEE,  Job.  The  influence  of  scientific  discovery  and  hi- 
vention  on  Social  and  Political  progress.     Oration  delivered 


KlIODE     ISLAND.  4U 

I5ko-\\.\  University.     Books  relatin<r  to. 


before  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa  Society  of  Brown  University, 

of  Fi-ovidence,  R.  I.,  on  Commencement  day  Sept.  G,  1843. 

8vo.  pp.  52.  Providence.   Cranston  ^'  Hammond.  1843. 

Kmmons,  WmjAMS.  Senior  Sophister.  An  oration  on  tlie 
deatli  of  Mr.  Levi  Hoppin,  a  member  of  the  Sophomoi-c 
Class  of  Brown  University,  pronounced  March  27th,  1805, 
in  the  University  Chapel. 

8vo.  pp.  12.  Providence.  J.  Carter.  1805. 

Everett,  Alexander  H.  An  Address  to  the  Philermenian 
Society  of  Brown  University,  on  the  moral  character  of 
the  Literature  of  the  last  and  present  century.  Delivered 
at. <  Providence,  R.  I.,  September  4,  1837.  Published  by 
request. 

8vo.  pp.  54.  Providence.  1837. 

FiSK,  AsiASA.  An  Oration  delivered  September  3,  1841, 
before  the  Philermenian  Society,  at  Providence. 

12mo.  i)p.  12.  Providence.  Jones  <|-  Wheeler.  1811. 

FisK,  Isaac.  An  Eulogy  on"  Mr.  Samuel  Smith  Adams, 
member  of  the  Senior  Class  of  Brown  University,  who 
died  Feb.  G,  1812,  Aetat  22  years.  Pronounced  in  the 
University  Chapel,  April  18,  1812.  By  Isaac  Fisk,  class- 
mate of  the  deceased. 

8vo.  pp.  IG.  Providence.  Jones  ^'  WJieeler.  1812. 

To  this  Eulogy  is  appended  an  Elegiac  Stanzas,  published  in  the  Rhode  Island 
American,  llarch  G,  1812. 

Gray,  Francis  C.  Oration  before  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa 
Society  of  Brown  University,  Providence,  R.  I.,  on  Com- 
mencement day,  September  7,  1842. 

8vo.  pp.  40.  Providence.  B.  Cranston  J'  Co.  1842. 

Greene,  Albert  G.  Anniversary  Poem,  pronounced  before 
the  Philermenian  Society,  at  their  34th  celebration,  Sep- 
tember 2d,  1828. 

8vo.  pp.  S.  Providence.  Smith  <j-  Parmenter.  1829. 

GoDDARD,  William  G.  An  Address  to  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa 
Society,  of  Rhode  Island,  delivered  September  7,  1836. 

8vo.  pp.  30.  Boston.  John  U.  Uastburn.  1837. 


50  BIBIJOGKAPHY    OF 

Browx  Unh^ersity.     Books  relatino-  to. 


Maxcy,  Rev.  Jonathan,  A.  jNI.  Proposals  for  printing  by 
subscription  a  Poem,  on  the  "  Prospects  of  America," 
with  the  Valedictory  Addresses  subjoined.  Spoken  at  the 
public  Commencement,  in  Providence,  September  5,  1787. 
By  the  author,  Jonathan  Maxcy.  Lately  appointed  one  of 
the  Trustees  of  Rhode  Island  College.  To  which  is 
added,  Notes  and  Observations,  with  an  appendix  by 
another  hand,  containing  a  short  typographical  and  histori- 
cal account  of  the  State  of  Rhode  Island,  but  more  partic- 
ularly of  the  Town  of  Providence — of  the  College,  its 
Regulations  and  the  Studies  pursued  there,  etc.,  etc. 

This  work  was  printed  in  accordance  witli  tlie  proposals,  and  sold  for  12s. 
It  is,  however,  so  exceeding  rare  that  no  complete  copy  has  ever  come  to 
our  knowledge.  Signatures  C  and  E,  pp.  17 — 10,  containing  the  latter 
part  of  the  Poem,  and  the  first  part  of  the  typograpliical  and  liistorical 
portion,  are  in  the  Brown  University  Collection.  It  is  not  certain  that 
the  entire  work  was  ever  printed. 

President   of    Rhode    Island   Island    College.      An 

Address  delivered  by,  to  the  Graduates  at  the  Commence- 
ment, Sept.  3,  1794.  "  Hence  appears  the  necessity  of 
cultivating  our  reason,  and  subjecting  our  passions  to  its 
control." 

8vo.  pp.  8.  Providence.  Bennett   Wheeler.  1794. 

An   Address   delivered   to  the   Graduates  of  Rhode 

Lsland  College,  at  the  Anniversary  Commencement,  Sep- 
tember 5,  1798. 

8vo.  pp.  12.  Providence.   Carter  if  Wilkinson.  1798. 

Dedicated  to  the  Honorable  John  Brown,  Esq.,  for  his  public  generosity,  emi- 
nent patriotism  and  liberal  patronage  of  Rhode  Island  College. 

An    Address    delivered    to    the    Candidates    for  the 

Baccalaureate  in  Rhode  Island  College,  at  the  Atmiversary 
Commencement,  September  2,  1801. 

Bvo.  pp.  15.         Wrentham,  3Iass.  Natlil.  Heaton,  Jtin.  1801. 

— President    of     Rhode    Island    College.      A    sermon 

delivered  in  the  Chapel  of  Rhode  Island  College,  to  the 
Senior  Class,  Commencement,  September  3,  1800. 

Bvo.  pp.  15.  Providence.  Bennett  Wheeler.  1801. 

The  last  page  conbiins  a  catalogue  of  the  Baccalaureate  of  Rhode  Island  Col- 
lege, 1800. 


RHODE      ISLAND. 


51 


Bkown  University.     Books  relating  to. 

An   Address  delivered  to   the  Graduates  of  Rhode 

Island  College,  at  the  public  Commencement,  September  1 , 
1802.     Published  by  request. 

8vo.  pp.  15.        Wroitham,  3Iass.  XatJil.  Beaton,  Jun.  1802. 

The  last  page  conUiins  a  catalogue  of  the  Graduates  of  Khode  Island  College, 
September  1,  1802. 

Maxcy,  Virgii..  a  Discourse  before  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa 
Society  of  Brown  University,  September  4,  1833. 

8vo.  pp.  31.       Boston.  Lilly,  Wait,  Colman  ^  Holden.  1833. 

Messek,  Asa,  A.  M.  A  Discourse  delivered  in  the  Chapel 
of  Rhode  Island  College,  to  the  Senior  Class,  on  the  Sun- 
day preceding  their  Commencement,  1799.  By  A.  M. 
Professor  of  the  Learned  Languages. 

8vo.  pp.  16.  Providence.  John  Carter,  Jun.  1799. 

Dedicated  to  the  yuuug  gentlemen  of  the  Senior  Class. 

President   of  Rhode  Island   College.      An   Address 

delivered  to  the    Graduates  of  Rhode  Island  College,  at 
their  public  Commencement,  Sept.   7,  1803. 

8vo.  pp.  12.  Providence.  NatKl.  Eeaton,  Jun.  1803. 

D.  1).,  the  President.     An  Address  delivered  to  the 


Graduates   of  Brown   University,  at  the  CommeHcement, 

September  5,  1810.     Published  by  request  of  the  Class. 
8vo.  pp.  12.  Providence.  Bunluuii  cj'  Hawkim.  1810. 

Metcalf,  Therox.     An  Address  to  the  Phi    Beta    Kappa 

Society  of  Brown  University.     Delivered  Sept.  5,  1832. 
8vo.  pp.  28.     Boston.  LHhj,  Wait,  Coleman  cj-  Holden.  1833. 
Neal,  John.     Man  :  A  Discourse  before  the  United  Brothers' 

Society  of  Brown  University,  Sept.  5,  1838. 
8vo.  pp.  25.  Providence.  Knoivlcs,  Vase  ^   Co.  1838. 

Park,  Thomas.     An  Oration;  delivered  in  the  College  Hall, 

at  Providence,  Aug.  13,  1798,  on  the  death  of  Mr.  Nathan 

Merrick.     By  Thomas  Park,  member  of  the  Junior  Class. 

"  Quis  desiderio  set  pudor,  aut  modus  tam  cbari  caputis  ?  " 
8vo.  pp.  16.  Providence.  Bennett  Wheeler.  1788. 

Peabody,  Andrew  F.     The  Immutable  Right ;  an   Oration 


52  miil.IOGRAPHY    OF 

Beown  University.     Books  relating  to. 

delivered   before  the   Phi  Beta  Kappa  Society  of  Brown 
University,  Aug.  31,  1858.     Published  by  request. 

8vo.  pp.  25.  Boston.   Crosbi/,  Nichols  (f  Co.  1858. 

Paine,  Emerson.  (Of  the  Senior  Class.)  An  Oration 
pronounced  before  the  Students  of  Brown  University,  at 
the  First  Congregational  Meeting  House,  in  Providence, 
July  5,  1813,  in  commemoration  of  the  Anniversary  of 
American  Independence. 

8vo.  pp.  30.  Providence.  H.  Mason  ^j-  Co.  1813. 

Pitman,  John,  Jun.,  A.  M.  An  Oration  pronounced  before 
the  Coi-poration  of  the  Federal  Adelphi  Society,  on  their 
Anniversary,  September  5,  1805,  in  the  First  Congrega- 
tional Meeting  House,  Providence.     Published  by  request. 

8vo.  pp.  20.  Providence.  Heaton  .]-  Williams.  1805. 

A  Poem,  on  the  Social  State  and  its  future  pi-ogress  ; 

delivered  before  the  Philermenian  Society  of  Brown  Uni- 
versity, at  its  Anniversary,  Sept.  3,  1811. 

12mo-  pp.  14.  Providence.  Jones  <j-  Wheeler.  1811. 

Address  to  the  Alumni  Association  of  Brown  Uni- 
versity, delivered  in  Providence,  at  their  first  anniversary, 
Sept.  5,  1843.     Published  by  request. 

8vo.  pp.  64.  Providence.  B.  Cranston.  1843. 

This  address  is  mostly  l)iograpliical  and  historical.     Tlie  appendix  gives  ac-  , 
counts  of  early  Commenceraeats  of  Brown  University,  down  to  1780. 

PuiLERAIENIAi^    SoCIETY.       April,    1821. 

16mo.  pp.  32.  Providence.  3Iiller  (j-  ILitchens.  1821. 

lloBiiiNS,  AsiiER.     A  Discourse  before   the   I'hi  Beta  Kappa 

Society  of  Brown  University.     Delivered  Sept.  3,  1834. 
8vo.  pp.  28.     Boston.  Lilli/,  Wait,  Coleman  cj-  Rolden.  1834. 
Richmond,  William  E.     Mount  Hope,  an  Evening  Excur- 

cursion.     (Read    before  the  Federal  Adelphi  of    Brown 

University,  Sept.,  1810.) 
12mo.  pp.  G9.   -  Providence.  Miller  §•  Hutchens.  1818. 

Russell,  George.     The  Merchant.     An  Oration  before  the 

Rhode  Island  Alpha  of  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa  Society,  at 

Providence,  R.  I.,  Sept.  4,  1849. 
8vo.  pp.  GO.  Boston.   Tivknor  J-  Fields.  1849. 


KHODK    ISLAND.  .53 

Brown  University.     Books  relating  to. 

Russell,  George  R.  Eulogy  dolivcred  in  the  Chapel  of 
Brown  University,  on  Mr.  Henry  Smith,  member  of  the 
Senior  Class,  who  died  Dec.  28,  1820.  By  George  R. 
Russell,  classmate  of  the  deceased. 

8vo.  pp.  IG.  Providence,  sillier  <j-  Hulchens.  1821. 

Reed,  John,  Jun.  An  Oration,  delivered  on  Commence- 
ment at  Brown  University,  Sept.  3,  1806.  Published  by 
request. 

4to.  pp.  11.  Pj^ovidenee.  John  Carter.  1806. 

Sprague,  Daniel  S.  Eulogy,  delivered  in  the  Chaijel  of 
Brown  University,  on  Mr.  Isaac  Fuller,  member  of  the 
Freshman  Class,  who  died  May  20,  1819. 

8vo.  pp.  16.  Providence.   Office  of  the  American.  1819. 

Shearman,  Sumner  U.     Oration  delivered  at  Brown  Uni- 
versity, on  Class  Day,  June  13,  1861. 
8vo.  pp.  28.  Providence.  Miller  j)'-  Simons.  1861. 

Thayer,  Thatcher,  D.  D.  The  State.  An  Oration  before 
the  Rhode  Island  Alpha  of  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa  Society,  at 
Brown  University,  Sept.  27,  1862. 

8vo.  pp.  30.  Providence.  Sidneij  S.  liider.  1862. 

Thomson,  Otis.  A  funeral  oration,  delivered  in  the  Chapel 
of  Rhode  Island  College,  on  Wednesday,  March  29, 1797, 
occasioned  by  the  death  of  Mr.  Eliab  Kingman,  a  member 
of  the  Junior  Class.  By  Otis  Thomson,  classmate  of  the 
deceased. 

8vo.  pp.  8.  Providence.    Carter  ^  WilJdnson.  1797. 

Thompson,  Otis,  A.  B.  An  Oration  urging  the  necessity 
of  Religion,  as  the  only  permanent  basis  of  civil  govern- 
ment. Pronounced  at  the  Commencement  of  Rhode 
Island  College,  September  5,  1798.  Published  at  the 
request  of  the  Students. 

8vo.  pp.  8.  Providence.   Carter  jf  Wilkinson.  1798. 

TovvNSEND,  Sheaiuashab  B.      Pastor    of  the    Churcli    in 
Sherburne,   Mass.     An    Oration  on   the   Aids   of   Genius  ; 


54  DIISI.IOGRAFHY    01' 

Brown  University.     Books  relating  to. 

delivered  at  Pi'ovidence,  Sept.  3,  1822,  before  the  United 
Brothers'  Society  of  Brown  University. 

8vo.  pp.  21.  Providence.  Brown  <f-  Danforth.  1822. 

Wayland,  Francis,  D.  D.  President  of  Brown  University. 
A  Discourse  on  the  Pliilosopliy  of  Analogy,  delivered 
before  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa  Society,  of  Rhode  Island,  Sep- 
tember 7,  1831. 

8vo.  pp.  32.  '  Boston.  Hilliard,  Gray  <|-  Co.  1831. 

Webb,  Conrad,  A.  B.  Union  considered  as  the  only  safety 
of  the  United  States.  An  Oration,  together  with  the  val- 
edictory address,  pronounced  at  the  Commencement  of 
Rhode  Island  College,  September  5,  179S.  Published  by 
request. 

8vo.  pp.  16.  Providence.  Bennett  Wheeler.  1798. 

Wheaton,  Henry.  The  Progress  and  Prospects  of  Ger- 
many ;  a  Discourse  before  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa  Society  of 
Brown  University,  at  Providence,  R.  I.,  Sept.  1,  1847. 

8vo.  pp.  54.  Boston.  Little  if  Brown.  1847. 

WiNSOR,  William,  A.  B.  The  Poetic  Art  ;  a  Poem  deliv- 
ered before  the  United  Brothers'  Society,  of  Brown 
University,  on  their  Anniversary,  Sept.  3,  1811. 

8vo.  pp.  12.  Providence.  Jones  tf-  Wlieelcr.  1812. 

WniTMAM,  Benjamin,  Jun.  The  Heroes  of  the  North  ;  or 
the  Battles  of  Lake  Erie  and  Champlain.     Two  Poems. 

8vo.  pp.  24.  Boston.  1816. 

With  two  engravings  representing  the  Battles.  These  Poems  were  delivered 
at  Anniversaries  of  Brown  University. 

Benevolentissimo  ac  eximia  virtute,  doctrinaque  util- 

issima  prtcdito,  viro,  Stephano  Hopkins,  Armgero,  Collegii 
hujusce,  intra  Colonize  Insuhe  Rhodiensis  Fines,  Cancellario ; 
Admodum  Reverendo  aeque  ac  Honorando  Jacobo  Man- 
ning, Prassidi,  omnibus  Artibus  liberalibus,  Scientiisque, 
et  Pietato  Pnusigni  induto,  cujus  sub  moJeramine  sequentia 
philosophemata  sunt  defendenda ;  Totis  Guratoribus  et  Sociis 
eriiditissimis,  hujusce  Academi:e  Observantissimus  ;  Doctis- 
simo  paritcrque  dignissimo  Davidi  lloell,  ejusdem  Seminaiii 


RHOUK    ISLAM).  i)0 

Huonv  University.     Books  relating  to. 

Tutoi-i ;  Dcnique,  omnibus  desiderio  Scienti;u  aftiatis  uhi- 

ciuique  in   Terranim    Orbe,  tarn  Ecclesiaruin  Pastoribus 

quam    Reipubliciu  bene  nieritis,   pnvcipue  nostro  Collegio 

Faventibus ; 

Tlieses  hasce  (Numine  fausto)  Juvenes,  in  Artibas  initiati, 

defensuri,  Joseplius  Belton,  Carolus   Thompson,  Josephus 

Eaton,    Jacobus     IMitchol     Vavnum,    Gulielmus     Rogers, 

Gulielnuis  Williams,    Richardus   Stites..     Sumina   Obser- 

vantia.      Apud    Novum — Portnm,    ex    Typis   Solomonis 

Southwick.     17(59. 

Tlie  above,  with  Latin  Tlieses  on  Gramni.ar,  Rhetoric,  Logic,  Mathematic, 
Physics,  Theology,  Ethics,  Political  Economy,  &c.,  was  published  in  a 
largo  sheet  form,  for  the  first  commencement  of  the  College  held  at 
Warren,  Sept.  7,  ITG'J.  This  practice  was  continued  from  year  to  year, 
until  1812,  when  tlie  jiamphlet  took  the  place  of  the  sheet  form.  After 
1817,  the  publication  of  the  Latin  Theses  for  Commeuceinent  occasions, 
was  discontinued  altogether. 

Brown  University.     Order   of    Exercises  and    Theses   for 

Commencement,  September  2,  1812. 

8vo.  pp.  IG.  Providence.  Jones  .J-  Wheeler.  1812. 

Ibid.     September  1,  1813. 

8vo.  pp.  2l3.  Providence.  Mann  jj-  Co.  1813. 

Ibid.     September  7,  1814. 

Svo.  pp.  29.       Providence.  3Iiller,  Guddard  ^  Mann.  1814. 

Ibid.     September  6,  1815. 

8vo.  pp.  23.  P rovidence.  Brown  if-  Wilson.  1815. 

Ibid.     September,  181G.     (Order  of  exercises  wanting.) 

8vo.  pp.  20.  {Providence.']  1816. 

Ibid.     Sejitember  3,  1817. 

Svo.  pp.  20.  Providence.    Wm.  G.  Goddard.  1817. 

The  publication  of  these  Theses  for  Commencement  was  discontinued  from 
this  time. 

A  Letter  to   the  Corporation  of  Brown  University, 

suggesting  certain  improvements  in  its  Academical  System. 
"  Quod  opus  sit  benigne  prai'beatur.  Ter.''^ 

Svo.  pp.  20.  1815. 

Signed  Alumnus  Brunensis,  and  dated  August  18, 1815. 


56  BIBLIOGUAPIIY    OF 

Brown  University.     Books  relating  to. 

An  Expositor  of  certain   newspaper  publications   relative  to 

the  affairs  of  Brown  University,  August,  18*2(j. 
8vo.  pp.  lo.  Providence.  182G. 

An  anonymous  publication,  signed  X  Y  Z. 

A  true  and  candid  statement  of  facts,  relative  to  the 

late  affairs  and  proceedings  of  the  government  of  Brown 
University.     "  Stat  nominis  umbra." 

8vo.  pp.  15.  New  Haven,  Conn.  January.  1826. 

An  anonymous  publication,  iviittcn,  it  is  said,  by  the  Kcv.  .Tolin  IlolroyJ,  of 
the  Class  of  1802.  This  pamplik't  had  nuirh  to  ilo  with  the  icnioviil  of 
President  Messer. 

—     Sketch  of  the  History  of  Brown  University.     Pub- 
lished in  the  7th  number  of  the  Brunonian,  1830. 
8vo.  pp.   8.  Providence.  1880. 

Annual  Report  of  the  Faculty  of  Bro\^n  University 

to  the  Corporation  of  that  Institution,  made  Sejit.  3,  1829. 
Signed  F.  Wayland,  .Jun.,  President.  Published  by  order 
of  the  Corporation. 

8vo.  pp.  15.  Providence.  H.  U.  Broion.  1829. 

Annual    Exhibition    of    the    University    Grammar 

School,  at  Manning  Hall,  July  15,  1853,  commencing  at 
10  o'clock,  A.  M.  ^ 

12mo.  pp.  4.  Providence.  J.  Alhro'n  Print.  1853. 

Dedication  of  the  New  Chapel  of  Brown  University, 

Wednesday,  February  4th,  1835.  Being  the  Order  of 
Exercises,  with  an  original  Ode  by  Albert  G.  Greene,  Esq. 

The  Brunonian.     Edited  by  Students  of  Brown  University. 

"  Haec  olim  meminisse  juvabit." 

8vo.  pp.  368.  Providence.  M.  H.  Broivn.  1831. 

Only  12  numbers  of  this  periodical  were  published.  The  first  is  dated  July 
1829,  and  the  last  March,  1831. 

The  Brown  Paper.     Brown  University.     Vol.  1.    Nos.  1-7. 

Folio.  "  1857-63. 

This  paper  is  published  from  year  to  year  during  the  month  of  November.  It 
gives  a  list  of  members  of  the  secret  literary  and  religious  societies  in  the 
College,  together  with  spicy  editorials,  and  intbrinalion  pertaining  to  the 
general  condition  of  the  T'oivorsily. 


RHODE      ISLAM).  67 

Browx  University.     Books  ix'latini;  to. 


BuRGES  AXD  Waylani).  Article  from  the  Providence  Journiil 
of  September  10,  1830,  in  reference  to  the  resignation  of 
Tristam  Burges  as  Professor  of  Oratory  and  Belles  Lett  res 
in  Brown  University. 

Browx  University.  Historical  Sketch  of.  Reprinted  from 
the  Rhode  Island  Schoolmaster  for  March,  1858. 

8vo.  pp.  8. 

■ Its  Origin,  Progress  and  present  condition.  Pub- 
lished in  Providence  Journal,  September  2,  1857. 

Historical  Sketch  of  the  Library  of  Brown  Univer- 


sity, with  regulations.     (From  the  University  Quarterly, 
April,  1801.) 
8vo.  pp.  20.  New  Haven.   Tidtle,  3IooreJiouse  ,j-  Taylor.  18(U. 

A  Sketch  of  the  History    and  present  organization 

of     Published  by  the  Executive  Board.     (With  a  fine  steel 

engra\ing  of  the  Univei'sity.) 
8vo.  ])p.  15.  Frovidcnce.  Knowles,  Antlmiuj  Sf  Co.  18G1. 

List  of  contributors  to  the  Funds  collected  in  Eng- 

hind  and  Ireland  in  1767-69,  by  Rev.  ^Morgan  Edwards, 
A.  ^L,  "  for  founding  and  endowing  a  College  in  the 
Colony  of  Rhode  Island." 

Small  4to. 

The  preliminary  matter  printud.  The  signatures  are  all  original.  The  total 
amount  subscribed  was  .£8'J1,11,  u3-4  sterling. 

An  exact  list  of  Benefactions,  etc.,  to  Rhode  Island 

College,  collected  and  got  subscribed  in  North  Carolina  and 
Georgia,  by  the  Rev.  Hezekiah  Smith,  1769-70. 

The  list  is  in  Mr.  Smith's  band  writing.  The  total  amount  of  subscriptions 
is  given  as  £3,710,17,0,  South  Carolina  currency. 

— '■ Report  to  the  Corporation  of  Brown  University  on 

changes  in  the  system  of  Collegiate  Education.  Read 
March  28,  1850. 

8vo.  pp.  70.  Frovidciice.   Cfeori/e  M.  Whitney.  1850. 

The  Committee  which  made  this  report  consisted  of  the  following ;  Francis 
W.iyland,  D.  D.,  President ;  IJobert  E.  Pattison,  D.  D.;  Rarnas  Sears,  I). 
P.;  Zaehariah  Allen ;  Kufus  Kabcock  ;  Samuel  lioyd  Tobey,  M.  D.; 
William  Hague,  D.  \i.\  Nathan  IJishop ;  Alva  Woods,  D.  P.;  John 
Kingsburv  and  S.amucl  0.  Arnold. 


•■>»  lilBLIOCKAPIIY  OF 

Brown'   University.     Books  relatino-  to. 


Keport    of  the    Committee    of   the    Coj'poration    of 

Brown  University,  appointed  to  raise  a  fund  of  one  hundred 
and  tvventy-five  thousand  dollars. 

8vo.  pp.  111.  Providence.  Knowles,  Anthony  cj'  Co.  1851. 

liight  of  a  Legislature  to  grant  a  perpetual  exemp- 
tion from  taxation.  A  Report  presented  in  the  Rhode 
Island  Senate,  August  2G,  18G2.  By  the  Hon.  Elisha  R. 
Potter,  of  South  Kingstown,  recommending  the  Legislature 
to  amend  the  charter  of  Brown  University  by  repealing 
so  much  thereof  as  exempts  the  professors  from  taxation. 

8vo.  pp.  16.  Providence.  Alfred  Antlion//.  1862. 

Act  of  Congress  o-rantino;  lands  for  the  establishing 

of  Agricultural  Colleges  ;  with  the  Resolutions  passed  by 
the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Rhode  Island  accept- 
ing tliese  lands,  and  assigning  the  same  to  Brown  University  ; 
also  a  resolution  providing  for  State  Scholarships  in  that 
University. 

8vo.  pp.  12.  Providence.  Alfred  Anthony.  18G3. 

Circular  of  Horace  T.  Love,  Agent  of  Brown  Uni- 
versity, in  regard  to  the  disposal  of  the  Lands  in  Kansas 
granted  to  that  Institution.  Dated  April  1,  1863.  Certi- 
fied to  Barnes  Sears,  President,  Samuel  Boyd  Tobey, 
Chancellor  of  the  University. 

Quarto,  pp.  2. 

Jewett,  Professor  Charles  C.     Preflice  to  the  Catalogue 

of  the  Library  of  Brown    University,    with  the  Laws  of 

the  Library. 
8vo.  pp.  26.  Providence.  1843. 

Facts  and  Considerations  relative  to  duties  on  Books  ; 

addressed  to  the  Library  Committee  of  Brown  University. 
By  C.  C.  Jewett,  Librarian.  Printed  by  order  of  the 
Committee. 

8vo.  pp.  24.       -  Providence.  1843. 

Proceedings  of  the  Corporation  and   of  the   Alumni 

of  Brown  University,  in  reference  to  the  resignation  of 
President  Wayland,  and  the  Induction  of  President  Sears. 

8vo.  ])p.  23.  Providence.  Knowles,  Anthony  <f-  Co.  1836. 


lUIODE     ISLAM).  69 

BuowN  University.     Books  relating  to. 

Extracts  from   the  report  of    Prof.   C.   C.    Jcwctt, 


relative  to  purchases  made  by  him  for  the  Library  of  Brown 
University,  during  his  visit  to  Eurojje  in  1843-4G.  Pub- 
lished in  the  Providence  Journal,  September  2(3,  184G. 

Guild,  Reuden  A.,  A.  M.     Librarian  of  Brown  University. 

Library  of  Brown  University,  with  an  engraving. 
8vo.  pp.  12.  From  the  Librarians  3Ianual.  1858. 

The  Librarian's  Manual ;  a  Treatise  on  Bibliography, 

to  which  is  added  Sketches  of  Public  Libraries. 

4to.  pp.  X.  and  304.  Ncio  York.   C.  B.  Norton.  1858. 

The  second  part  contains  a  history  of  the  Library  of  Brown  University,  witli 
an  engraving,  and  a  view  of  Kedwood  Library,  Newport. 

NoRTOX,  William  A.  and  John  A.  Porter.  Circular  of,  in 
reference  to  their  difficulties  with  President  Wayland  and 
tlie  Executive  Board  of  Brown  University,  dated, 

4to.  pp.  3.  Providence.  Feb.  18.  1802. 

Songs  of  Alpha  Delta  Phi.  Issued  on  tlie  twenty-seventh 
year  of  the  Fraternity. 

12mo.  pp.  36.  New  York.  1859. 

A  cliapter  of  tliis  Society  is  connected  with  Brown  University. 

C.VTALOGUE  OF  BooKS  belonging  to  the  Library  of  Rhode 
Island  College. 

12mo.  pp.  38.  Providence.  J.  Carter.  1793. 

CATALOGUE  OF  BooKS  in  Brown  University. 

8vo.  pp.  01.  Providence.    Walter  R.  Banforth.  1820. 

Catalogue  of  the  Library  of  the  Rev.  W.  Richards,  L.  L. 

D.,  of  Lynn,  England,  bequeathed  to  Brown  University 

in  the  year  1818.     Manuscript  folio. 

A  Catalogue  of  the  Library  of   Brown  University,   in 

Providence,  Rhode  Island.       With  an  Index  of  Subjects. 

8vo.  ])p.  580.  Providence.  1843. 

This  excellent  Catalognc  was  prepared  by  Professor  Cliarles  C.  Jewett,  who 
was  tlie  Librarian  of  the  InstitnfiDn  from  1S42  to  1818.  It  contains  a 
liistory  of  the  Library  to  1843,  and  the  Rules  and  Regulations  of  the 
Library  Committee. 


60  lillil.IOGKAPHY    OF 

Brown  University.     Books  relating  to. 

Catalogue  of  the  Books  in  the  Library  of  the  Philerme- 
nian  Society,  together  with  the  names  of  its  members ; 
Brown  University. 

16mo.  pp.  16.  Providence.  Jones  .f  Wheeler,  1810. 

Ibid.  12rao.  pp.  22.  Providence.  Miller  jf-  Hiitchens.  1817. 
Catalogue  or  the  Library  of  Members  of  the  Philerme- 

nian  Society.     Founded  A.  D.,  1794. 
12mo.  pp.  46.  Boston.    W.  S.  Pamrell.  1838. 

Ibid.     12mo.  pp.  55.  Boston.  J.  Putnam.  1841. 

Ibid.     12mo.  pp.  60.  Boston.  S.  N.  Dickinson.  1844. 

Triennial  Catalogue  of  the  Library  and  the  Members  of 

the  Philermenian  Society  in  Brown  University.    Founded 

A.  D.,  1794. 
8vo.  pp.  92.  Providence.  1849. 

A    Catalogue    of    the  .Library    of  tlie    United  Brotliers' 

Society  of  Brown  University,  witli  the  names  of  members. 

Founded  A.  D.,  1806. 
12mo.  pp.  40.  Providence.  Knowles,  Vose  if-  Co.  1837. 

Ibid.  12mo.  pp.  51.  Providence.  Knowles  ^-  Vose.  1839. 
Ibid.  12mo.  pp.  59.  Providence.  Knowles  ^  Vose.  1841. 
Triennial  Catalogue  of  the   United  Brothers'  Society  of 

Brown  University.     Instituted  A.  D.,  1806. 
8vo.  pp.  64.  Providence.  1848. 

Ibid.     8vo.  pp.  84.  Providence.  A.  C.  Greene.  1853. 

Catalogus  eorum  qui  in  Collegio  Rhod.  Ins.  et   Prov.    Phmt. 

Nov.   Anglorum,  ab  anno  1769  ad  annum  1775,  ahcujus 

Gradus  Laurea  donati  sunt. 
Small  folio  sheet.      Providence.  Typis  Johannis  Carter.  1775. 

The  first  Triennial  Catalogue,  so-calleil,  publislieil  in  RlioJe  IslanJ. 

Ibid,     ad  annuin  1786. 

Ibid,     ad  annum  1789.  Typis  Bennett  Wheeler.  1789. 

Ibid,     ad  annum  1795. 

Large  I'olio  sheet.  Prov.   Typis  Carter  et  Wilkinson  1795. 

Tliis  was  the  last  of  the  sheet  Triennials. 


RHODE      ISLAND.  "^ 

Brown  University.     Books  relating  to. 

CI^^LOGUS  eorum  qui  in  Collcgio  Rhodia3  Insula'  quod  est 
Providentia..  ab  anno  MDCCLXIX  ad  annum  MDCC- 
XCVIII,  Alicujus  Gradus  Laurea  donati  sunt. 

12mo.  pp.  22.  Providence.   Carter  ct  Wilkinson.  1798. 

Ibid,     ad  annum  MDCCC^^  . 

12mo,  pp.  2i.  Providence.   Typis  Johannis  Carter.  lbO-4. 

Catalogus  eorum  qui  in  Universitate  Brownense  q^^^st  Prov- 
idential, ab  anno  MDCCLXIX  ad  annum  MDCCCXIII, 
alicujus  Gradus  Laurea  donati  sunt. 

12mo.  lip.  28.  Providence.   Typis  Johannis  Carter.  1808. 

Ibid,     ad  annum  MDCCCXI. 

12mo.  pp.  31.         Providence.  Printed  by  John  Carter.  1811. 
Ibid,     ad  annum  MDCCCXIV. 

l-2mo.  pp.  36.     Providence.  Brown  cf-  Wilson  Printers.  1814. 

Catalogus  Pr.esidum  et  Sociorum,  cum  Professoribus,  Tuto- 

ribus,  et  Omnibus,  qui  in  Universitate  Brunensi,  Provi- 

dentiffi,  in  Republica  Insula  Rhodiensis,   alicujus  Gradus 

Laurea  exornati  fuerunt. 
8vo.  pp.  22.  Providence.  N.  Mann  ^  Co.  1815. 

Tins  catalogue  is  deaicatea  to  the  Rev.  Dr.  Messer,  President  of  the  Univer 

sity,  by  the  editor,  J.  L.  Blake,  author  of  the   well   known  Biographical 

Dictionary. 

Catalogus  Universit-^tis  Brownensis.     MDCCCXVII.  ^ 
Svo.  pp.  23.  Providence.  Hugh  H.  Brmvn.  1817. 

Ibid.     MDCCCXX. 

8vo.  pp.  25.  Providence.  Brown  <f  Danforth.  1«2U. 

Ibid.     MDCCCXXII. 

8vo.  pp.  27.  Providence.  Broivn  <f-  Danforth.  1V,J,6. 

Catalogus  Senatus  Academici,  eorum  qui  munero  et  officia 
aesserunt,  quique  alicujus  gradus  laurea  donati  sunt  in 
Universitate  Brownensi,  Providentia,  in  Republica  InsuL-e 

Rhodiensis. 
8vo.  pp.  28.  Providencice.   Typis  H.  H.  Brown.  18^7. 

Ibid.     Svo.  pp.  30.     Providentia:.   Typis  H.  H.  Broivn.  1830. 


hS  miSI  lOGIJAPllY    OF 

Bruwx   Uni\  eusity.     Books  relatino;  to. 

Catalogus  Sexatus  Academici,  eorum  dui  muuera  ct  officia 
gesserunt,  quiquo  alicujus  gradus  laurea  donati  sunt,  in 
Universitate  Brunensi,  Providenti.T,  in  Eepiiblica  Insula? 
Rhodiensis. 

8vo.  pp.  51.  Bostonice.  Button  et  Wentworth.  1836. 

This  edition  of  tlie  triennial  catalogue  was  [irepared  with  great  care,  by  the 
Hon.  Judge  Jletcalf,  of  Boston,  for  many  years  a  member  of  the  Board 
of  Fellows. 

Ibid.  8vo.  pp.  58.  Boslonia;.  Dullon  et  Wentworth.  1842. 

Ibid.  8vo.  pp.  63.  Bostonue.  Freeman  et  Bolles.  1846. 

Ibid.  8vo.  pp.  74.  Prov.  Knowles,  AntJiony  et  Sociis.  1852. 

Ibid.  8vo.  pp.  78..  Prov.  Knowles,  Anthony  et  Sociis.  1858. 

Ibid.  8vo.  pp.  81.  Prov.  Knoides,  Anthony  ct  Sociis.  1860. 

ExHiBiTiox  of  Rhode  Island  College  and  Bi-own  University. 
Sophomore,  .luuior  and  Senior.  Order  of  Exercises  as 
follows  : 

April  2),  1803;  Aug.  24,  1803;  April  18,  1814;  Aug.  22,  1801;  Aug.  21, 
1805;  April  2.3,1808;  Aug.  20,  1806;  Dec.  31,  1806;  Aug.  19.  1807; 
Dec.  30,  1807  ;  April  19,  1808 ;  April  18,  1809  ;  April  16,  1811 ;  Aug.  18, 
1813;  Dec.  29,  1813  ;  Dec.  28,  1814;  April  20,  1815;  Dec.  27,  1815: 
Aug  21,  1816;  Aug.  20,  1817;  Aug.  19,  1818;  Dec.  30,  1818;  April  21, 
1819;  Dec.  20,1819;  April  19,1820;  Dec  24,  1821;  Dec.  24,  1822; 
April  23,  1823;  Aug.  20,1823;  Aug.  18,  1824;  Dec.  29,  1824;  Dec.  28, 
1825;  April  18,  1826  ;  May  8,  1829;  May  8,  1830;  Dec.  31,  1830  ;  Uny 
7,  1831 ;  Dec.  5,  1855  ;  July  16,  1836 ;  Dec.  3,  1836  ;  March  25,  1837  ; 
Dec.  2,  1837;  March  24,  1838;  Dec.  1,  1838  ;  June  27,  1840;  Nov.  28, 
1840 ;  March  20,  1841 ;  March  19,  1842 ;  March  25,  1843  ;  Dec.  2,  1843  ; 
Slarch  25,  1845  ;  Nov.  29,  1845  ;  March  21,  1846 ;  March  20,  1847  ;  March 
18,  1848;  Dec.  2,  1848;  March  24,  1849  ;  March  23,  1850;  Nov.  23, 18.50  ; 
May  24,  1851 ;  Nov.  22,  1851 ;  May  22,  1852;  Nov.  20,  1852 ;  May  21, 
1853;  Nov.  19,  1853;  May  13,  18.54;  Nov.  2-5,  1854;  May  12,1855; 
Nov.  24,  1855  ;  May  3,  1850  ;  Nov.  22,  1856;  May  2,  1857  ;  Blay  1,  1758  ; 
April  30,  1859;  April  28,  1860;  April  27,  1861;  April  26,  1862;  April 
25,  1863. 

BiiowN   UNIVERSITY.     Class    of    1858.     Exercises    of    Class 

Day,  June  10,  1858. 

Ibid.     Class  of  1859,  June  9,  1859. 

Ibid.     Class  of  1800,  June  14,  1860. 

Ibid.     Class  of  1861,  June  13,  1861. 

Ibid.     Class  of  1862,  Jiuie  12,  1862. 


HIIODK    ISLAND.  63 

Brown  University.     Hooks  relating  to. 


"Class  Day"  was  introduced  into  Brown  University  in  1858,  since  wliicli 
time  it  has  been  regularly  observed. 

Catalogue  of  the  Officeks  and  Students  of  Brown  Uni- 
versity, Providence,  Rhode  Island,  April  1,  1804. 

Tbis  is  the  first  annual  catalogue  of  the  College  ever   published.     It   consists 

of  a  single  folio  sheet,  printed  on  one  side.     The  officers  are 

The  Hon.  Jabez  Brown,  L.  L.  D.,  Chancellor. 

The  Kev.  Asa  Jlesscr.  A.  M.,  President. 

The  Hon.  David  Howell,  L.  L.  D  ,  Professor  of  Law. 

Calvin  Park.  A.  M.,  Professor  of  the  Learned  Languages. 

Ferdinand  Ellis,  A.  B.,  John  KeeJ,  A.  B.,  Tutors. 
Catalogue   of  the  Students   of  Brown    University,  A])ril  1, 

1808. 

Folio  sheet.  Also  the  sume.     April  1,  1807. 

These  two  catalogues  omit  the  names  of  the  oflicers  of  the  University. 

Catalogue  of  the  Officers  and  Students  of  Brown  Univer- 
sity.    1808  to  1823  inclusive. 

In  1807,  and  thence  onward  to  1823,  inclusive,  the  catalogue  was  published  in 
a  larger  folio  sheet  than  formerly,  and  during  the  month  of  October  in- 
stead of  April.  In  1820  it  was  also  published  in  its  present  pamphlet 
form. 

Annu.vl  Cat.vlogues  of  the  Officers  and  Students  of  Brown 
University,  for  the  years  1820  to  1863. 

Octavo,  from  1820  to  1835,  inclusive. 

Duodecimo,  from  1835  to  1847,  inclusive. 

Octavo,  from  1848  to  1863,  inclusive. 

The  first  annual  Catalogue  of  the  College  was  published  in  a  sheet  form  in 
the  year  1805.  The  first  in  a  pamphlet  form  was  published  in  1820  as 
above.  The  Catalogue  for  1821  contains  the  Order  of  Exercises  for  the 
Senior  Exhibition,  Monday,  Dec.  2-t. 

A  Catalogue  of  the  Officers  and  Students  in  Brown  Univer- 
sity, 1842-43. 

8vo.  pp.  32.  Providence.  1842. 

This  edition  of  the  annual  catalogue  was  published  by  the  Students  who  dis- 
liked the  cheap  looking  duodecimo  style  of  the  "regular  edition." 

A  Catalogue   of  the    Officers  and  Students  of  Brown  Uni- 
versity, 1850-51. 
Bvo.  pp.  40.  Providence.  John  F.  Moore.  1850. 

Ibid.     Second  edition. 
8vo.  pp.  42.  Providence.  John  F.  Moore.  1851. 


^'■i  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF 

Bkown  University.     Books  relating  to. 

A  Catalogue  of  the  Officers  and  Students  of  Brown  Univer- 
sity, 1852-54.     First  Term. 

12mo.  pp.  47.  Providence.  A.  C.  Greene.  1852. 

Ibid.     Second  edition. 

8vo.  pp.  47.  Providence.  Knowles,  Anthony  c)'   Co.  1852. 

A  Catalogue  of  the  Officers  and  Students  of  the  Sophomore 
Class  in  Brown  Universit}^  1845-46.     Second  edition. 

8vo.  pp.  8.  •   Providence.  1845. 

The  publicatioD  of  this  singular  document  was  tlie  source  of  much  merriment 
to  the  Students.  The  following  at  the  end  is  a  sutficient  explanation  of 
the  reasons  which  perhaps  led  to  its  preparation  :  "Tlie  catalogue  of  the 
remaining  classes  is  confidently  expected  at  some  time  previous  to  the 
next  Fourth  of  July." 

Catalogue  of  the  Delta  Phi  Society,  [connected  with  Brown 

University.]      12mo.  pp.  39.  Providence.  1845. 

The  same.     8vo.  pp.  55.  New  York.  1851. 

Catalogue  of  the  Psi  Upsiion  Society. 

12mo.  pp.  18.  1842. 

The  same.     12ino.  pp.  37.  New  Yorh.  1844.  ' 

Tiie  same.     12mo.  pp.  49.  New  York.  1847. 

The  same.     8vo.  pp.  72.  New  Haven.  1849. 

The  same.     8vo.  pp.  115.  Neio  York.  1852. 

The  same.     8vo.  pp.  144.  New  York.  '[^•bb. 

A  chapter  of  this  Society  is  connected  with  Brown  University. 
Catalogue  of  the  Alpha  Delta  Phi  Society. 

8vo.  pp.  44.  Cambridge.  1851. 
The  same.     8vo.  pp.  126.  Boston.  1856. 

The  same.     8vo.  pp.  129.  Providence.  1S57. 

A  chapter  of  this  Society  is  connected  with  Brown  Universitv. 
Catalogue  of  the  Delta  Kappa  Epsilon  Fraternity. 

8vo.  pp.  36.  New  Jfaven.  1851. 

The  same.     8vo  pp.  90.  Neiv  Haven.  1855. 

The  Upsiion  chapter  of  this  Society  is  connected  with  Brown  University. 
Catalogue  of  the  Fraternity  of  Q  B  K,  Alpha  of    Rhode 

Island.     Brown  University.     Providence,  1830. 
8vo.  pp.  15.  Providence.  Knowles  ^  Vose.  1889. 


uiiopi:    isi.ANJ).  Co 

IJiiDWN   Univkksitv.     Books  relating  to. 

'riie  same  for  tlic  year  1843. 

<Sv().  pp.  IG.  Providence.  Knowles  tf  Vose.  1843. 

Tlic  same  for  the  year  1850. 

Svo.  pp.  24.  Providence.  John  F.  3Ioore.  1850. 

The  same  for  tlie  year  1862. 

8vo.  pp.  2"!.  Providence.  Knowles,  Anthony  .)'•  Co.  1862. 

CoMMEXCEMEXTS  of  Rliode  Island  College  and  Brown  Univer- 
sity. Order  of  Exercises  for  1795,  and  from  that  year  to 
the  present  time. 

These  were  at  first  printed  on  a  single  small  folio  sheet,  but  in  1822  tlie  pres- 
ent folded  octavo  slieet  was  substituted  therefor.  No  order  of  exercises 
in  a  printed  form  has  been  found  of  any  earlier  date  than  179o. 

Cii  A  RTER.   The  Charter  of  Rhode  Island  College,  granted  1764. 

8vo.  pp.  16.         Nezvport.  Printed  hy  Samuel  Hall.     London. 

Reprinted  for  Blythe  <?■  beaver,  No.  87  Cornhill. 

The  same.     8vo.  pp.  12.         Prov.  J.  Carter  1803. 

The  same.     8vo.  pp.  15.  Prov.  H.  H.  Brown.  1884. 

Laws  of  Rhode  Island  College.  Copied  from  theP  resi- 
dent's copy,  by  Enoch  Pond,  of  Wrentham,  Mass.  Dated 
on  the  cover  March  12,  1774. 

Note  at  the  end.  "  Having  perused  the  above,  I  find  tliem  to  correspond  to 
tlie   copy."    James  Manning,  President.     Mr.   Pond  graduated  in  177". 

The  Laws  of  Riiode  Island  Collefre,  in  the  oriffinal 


handwriting  of  James  Manning,  President. 

At  the  end  of  these  laws  is  the  following  :  Tlie  subscribers  liaring  been  ap" 
pointed  a  Committee  to  form  a  digest  of  L.aws  for  this  Institution,  have 
agreed  to  the  foregoing,  and  do  report  them  accordingly,  this  22d  day  of 
February,  1783.  James  Manhixo,  Jabez  Brown,  Nicholas  Hkown, 
David  Howell. 

The  Laws  of  Rhode  Island  College,  enacted  hy  the 

Fellows  and  Trnstees. 

]2mo.  pp.  35.  Providence.  J.  Carter.  1793. 

Supplement  to  the  Laws  of  Rhode  Island  College. 

12mo.  pp.  7.  Providence.  1793. 


(36  BIHI.IOOKAPHY     OK 

Bkown  University.     Books  relatiiifi;  to. 


The   Laws  of  Rhode  Island  College,  enacted  by  the 

Fellows  and  Trustees. 

8vo.  pp.  2tt.  Providence.  J.  Carter.  1803. 

•     Supplement  to  the  Laws  of  Rhode  Island  College. 

8vo.  pp.  7.  Providence.  J.  Carter.  1803. 

The  Laws  of  Brown  University,  enacted  January 

23,  1823. 
8vo.  pp.  16.  Providence.  Brown  <)'  Banforth.  1823. 

The  same.     Enacted  March,  1827. 

8vo.  pp.  20.  Providence.    W.  R.  Danforth.  1827. 

■     The  same.     Revised  edition,  1835. 

8vo.  pp.  20.  Providence.  H.  H.  Brown.  1835. 

The  same.     Enacted  August  1,  1850. 

8vo.  pp.  25.  Providence.  Joseph  Knowles.  1850. 

The  same.     8vo.  pp.  27.  Prov.  A.  C.  Greene.  1861. 

The  same.     8vo.  pp.  24. 

Providence.  Knowles,  Anthony  ^  Co.  1856. 

BuLKLEY,  Rev.  John,  A.  M.  An  impartial  account  of  a  late 
debate  at  Lyme,  in  the  Colony  of  Connecticut,  &c.,  with 
some  account  of  the  rise  of  the  Antipedo-Baptist  Persua- 
sion. In  which  is  added,  a  narrative  of  one  lately  converted 
from  dreadful  errors  by  another  hand. 

16mo.  pp.  199.  New  London.   T.  Greene.  1729. 

This  volume  contains  some  reniiirks  on  llie  Tlieological  tenets  of  Mrs. 
Hutchinson,  Samuel  Gorton,  and  Roger  Williams. 

BuRGES,  Tristam,  A.  M.  The  Spirit  of  Independence:  An 
Oration,  delivered  before  the  Providence  Association  of 
the  Mechanics  and  Manufacturers,  at  their  annual  election, 
April  14,  1800. 

8vo.  pp.  28.  Providence.  B.  Wlieeler.  1800. 

Liberty,  Glory,  Union  ;  or,  American  Independence. 

A  Fourth  of  July  Oration. 

8vo.  pp.  22.  Providence.  R.  I.  American  Office.  1810. 

Address  to  the  Rhode  Island  Society  for  the  Encour- 


RHODE     ISLAND. 


67 


agement  of   Domestic   Industry,    delivered    at    Pavvtuxet, 

October  17,  1821. 
8vo  pp.  29.  Providence.  Miller  tf.  Hufchens.  1822. 
Address  to  the  Landholders  and  Farmers  of  Newport 

County,  delivered  at   a  meeting  of  the  friends  of  Messrs. 

Pearce  and  Burges,  liolden  at  Rowland's   Ferry  Bridge, 

August  7,  1829.     Third  edition. 
8vo.  pp.  22.  Providence.  Daily  Advertiser.  1829. 

Remarks    of,   at    the   celebration    of  the    Fourth    of 

July  in  Clayville,  R.  I.,  in  reply  to  a  sentiment  expressed 
at  the  dinner  given  on  that  occasion.  Furnished  at  the 
solicitation  of  the  citizens  of  Clayville  and  vicinity,  and 
published  at  their  request. 

8vo.  pp.  31.  Providence.  Daily  Advertiser  Office.  1829. 

An  Oration  pronounced  before  the  citizens  of  Provi- 
dence, on  the  Fourth  of  July,  1831. 

8vo.  pp.  32.  Providence.    W.  Marshall  ^  Co.  1831. 

A  Statement  of  some  leading  principles  adopted  by 

General  Jackson,  and  of  the  effects  of  these  principles  and 
measures  on  the  union,  prosperity  and  constitution  of  the 
American  people.  An  address  to  the  citizens  of  Rhode 
Island,  in  answer  to  their  call  on  the  delegation  of  this 
State  in  Congress. 

8vo.  pp.  12.  Providence.   Wm.  Marshall  ^'-  Co.  1832. 

A    Brief  Sketch   of  the  remarks   delivered   at  East 


Greenwich  at  a  Convention   of  National  Republicans,  on 
the  23d  August,  1832. 
8vo.  pp.  15.  Providence.  Win.  Marshall  <|-  Co.  1832. 

Reasons  why  the  Hon.  Elisha  R.  Potter  should  not 

be  a  Senator  in  Congress.     By  one  of  the  people. 

8vo.  pp.  12.  ?  Providence.  1834. 

This  i)ainphlet  was  attributed  to  Tristam  Burges. 

Address    before    the    Rhode    Island  Peace  Society, 

June  29,  1819. 

8vo.  pp.  20.  Providence.  Joseph  Knowles.  1849. 

Speech  of,  delivered  at  a  meeting  of  his  fellow  citi- 


68  lilULIOGUArHY  OF 

zens,  in  tlie  Town  House  in  Providence,  on  Friday  evening, 
iMarch  3,  1835. 
Svo.  pp.  IG.  [Providence.']  1835. 

Ilemarks  sent  to  the  people  who  celebrated  tlie  4tli 


of  July,  1835,  at  Woonsocket  Falls. 
Svo.  pp.  16.  Woon^ochet  Falls.   Sherman  cf  Wilder.  1835. 

A  Brief  of  the  remarks  made  before  tlie  Committee 

on    Railways  and  Canals,  on  the  petition  of  the  Seekonk 
Branch  Railroad  Company. 

Svo.  pp,  7.  jS^o  place  or  date. 

Battle   of  Lake   Erie ;  with  notices   of  Commodore 


Elliott's  conduct  in  that  engagement. 
12mo.  pp.  XV.  and  117.        Phila.    W.  Marshall  j)-  Co.  1839. 

The  same. 

12mo.  pp.  XV.  and  132.       Providence.  Brown  j|'  Cady.  1839. 
Report  from  the  Select  Committee  of  the  House  of 


Representatives  of  the   U.  S.,  to  wliicli  was    referred  the 
memorial  of  the  officers  and  soldiers  of  tiic  Rliode  Island 
Brigade,    their    heirs    and    representatives.     February  25, 
1835.     (23d  Congress,  2d  Session.) 
Svo.  pp.  40.  Report  No.  128.    Washington.  1835. 

Tiie  Plough  and  tiie  Sickle,  or  Rhode  Island  in  the 

war  of  the  revolution  of  1776. 

Svo.  pp.  28.  Prov.  B.  T.  Albro.  for  the  author.  1S46. 

'I'liis  relates  to  the  Old  State  Debt. 

Memoir  of,  with  his  Speeches.     See  Boweri, 

Mr.  Burges  was  born  at  Rochester,  Mass.,  Feb.  26,  1770,  and  graduated  at 
Brown  University  in  170G,  receiving  tlie  highest  honors  of  his  class.  In 
1799,  he  was  admitted  to  practice  at  the  bar  in  Rhode  Island,  and  soon 
rose  to  the  head  of  his  profession  as  a  scholar  and  woUrcad  lawyer.  In 
1811,  he  was  appointed  Cbief  Justice  of  the  Snpreme  Court  of  Rhode 
Island.  In  1815,  he  was  appointed  Professor  of  Oratory  and  Belles 
Lettres  in  Brown  University.  In  liSii  he  v.as  elected  a  representative  to 
Congress,  and  served  two  subsequent  terras  in  that  body.  His  speeches 
which  have  become  prominent  porti  ns  of  our  literature,  show  the  ability 
with  which  he  performed  liisduty,  and  the  success  that  attended  him  as  a 
debater  in  the  national  councils.  He  died  October  13,  1853,  in  the  81th 
year  of  his  age. 

BuRNYE.\T.T.     The  triitli  exalted  in  ths  writings  ot  this  eminent 


RHODE     I3I.AND.  09 

and  faithful  ser\ant  of  Clirist,  Jolin  Burnyeatt:  collected 
into  this  ensuing  volume  as  a  memorial  to  his  faithful  labors 
in  and  for  the  truth. 
Small  4to.  pp.  vi  and  2G4.    London.   Tliomas  Norlhcott.  1G91. 

New  England's  Fire  Brand   Quenched.     Being    an 

answer  unto  a  Slanderous  Book,  entitled  George  Fox  digged 
out  of  his  Burrowes,  etc.  etc. 

Small  4to.  pp.  256.  London.  Printed  in  the  year  1679. 

For  the  full  title,  which  is  very  loug,  see  Geobge  Fox,  whose  name  precedes 
th.at  of  Burnyeatt  .IS  the  .author. 

John  Burnyeatt  was  a  distinguished  missionary  and  preacher  of  the  Society 
of  Friends,  and  spent  some  time  in  Khode  Isliind.  George  Fox  saj's  that 
Burnyeatt  travelled  and  preached  in  Rhode  Island  and  other  parts  of 
New  England,  "  and  had  many  disputes  with  priests  and  professors  that 
opposed  the  truth." 

*BuRuiLi,,  Geoege,  a.  B.    ,An  Oration,  delivered  before  the 

Providence  Association  of  Mechanics  and  Manufacturers, 

at  their  annual  election,  April  11,  1796. 

8vo.  pp.  18.  Providence.  Bennett  Wheeler.  1796. 

An  Oration,  delivered  in  the  Benevolent  Consreo-a- 

tional  Meeting  House,  on  the  4th  of  July,  A.  D.  1797,  in 
commemoration  of  American  Independence.  Ecce  Spec- 
taculum  dignum.     Published  by  request.     Providence. 

8vo.  pp.  18.  Providence.   Carter  ^  Wilkinson.  1797. 

An  Oration  pronounced  in  Providence  at  the  Fune- 
ral Ceremony  on  the  death  of  George  Washington. 

8vo  pp.  15.  Providence.  John  Carter.  1800. 

BuRKouGHs,  Peleg,  V.  D.  M.  An  oration  with  some  obser- 
vations, pronounced  at  the  Congregational  Meeting  House 
in  Tiverton,  on  the  22d  Feb'y,  1800,  at  the  funeral  cere- 
mony on  the  death  of  General  George  Washington.     (With 

a  poem.) 

8vo  pp.  13  and  2.  Newport.  Henry  Barber.  1800. 

Burt,  Rev.  John,  of  Bi'istol.  See  Shepard's  Historical  Dis- 
course, p.  17. 

BuRTox,  Asa,  D.  D.  A  sermon  preached  at  the  ordination  of 
the  Rev.  Caleb  J.  Tenney,  to  the  Pastoral  care  of  the 
First  Congregational  Church  of  Christ,  in  Newport,  R.  I., 


70  BIBLIOGKAPHY    OF 

Sept.    12,   1804.     Charge  by   Rev.  Dan'l    Hopkins,   and 
Right-hand  of  Fellowship  by  Rev.  Wm.  Patten. 
8vo.  pp.  24.  Netvport  Mercury  Office.  (1804.) 

Butler  Hospital  for  the  Insane,  Providence,  R.  I.     Descrip- 
tion of.     By  I.  Ray,  M.  D.,  Superintendent.     [Journal  of 
Insanity]  with  a  view  and  ground  plan. 
8vo.  pp.  20.  1847. 

Charter  of  the  Butler  Hospital  for  the  Insane  :  pro- 
ceedings under  the  same,  Reports  of  Trustees,  &c.  &c. 

8vo.  pp.  36.  Providence.  John  F.  Moore.  1847. 

Design  for   the   Butler  Hospital  for  the  Insane   at 

Providence,  Rhode  Island.     By  Luther  V.  Bell. 

8vo.  pp.  22.  No  date. 

Report  of  the  Board  of  Ti'ustees  of  the  Butler  Hos- 
pital for  the  Insane,  pi-esented  to  the  corporation,  at  their 
annual  meeting,  January,  1848.     With  view  and  plan. 

8vo.  pp.  18.  Providence.  Moore  ^  Choate.  1848. 

Reports  of  the  Trustees  and  Superintendent  of  the 

Butler  Hospital  for  the  Insane,  presented  to  the  corpora- 
tion, at  their  annual  meeting,  Jan.  24,  1849,  together  with 
an  abstract  of  the  proceedings  of  the  Corporation. 

8vo.  pp.  32.  Providence.  John  F.  Moore.  1849. 

Annual  Reports  of  the  Trustees  and  Superintendent 

of  the  Butler  Hospital,  January,  1850,  to  January,  1864. 


t-S£^^C^L^ 


f^^'  ALDWELL,   SAMUEL  L.     A  sermon  preached 

•'^   in  the  First  Baptist  Meeting  House,  in  Providence, 
Sunday  morning,  June  9,  18G1,  before  the  Second 
Regiment  of  Rhode  IsLind  Vokinteers. 
.v--^'  ^  8^'"-  PP- 12.     Prov.  Knowles,  Anthony  J-  Co.  1861. 

C ALnwKLi,,  Samukl  L.,  D.  D.  Oration  before  the  municipal 
autlioritics  and  citizens  of  Providence,  July  4,  18G1. 

8vo.  pp.  23.  Providence.  Knou'les,  AntJiony  c|-  Co.  18G1. 

Cahooxe,  Miss  Sarah.  Sketch  of  Newport  and  vicinity ; 
with  notices  respecting  the  History,  Settlement  and  Geogra- 
phy of  Rhode  Island.     Illustrated  with  engravings. 

12mo.  pp.  213.  New  York.  John  S.  Taylor  .f  Co.  1862. 

Callexder,  Joiix.     Historical  and  Religious  Discourse,  with 

affiiirs   of  the   Colony  of   Rhode   Island    and   Providence 

Plantations  in  New  England  in  America.     From  the  first 

settlement,  1638,  to  the  end  of  the  first  century.     By  John 

>        Caliender,  A.  M.     Dedicated  to  Wm.  Coddington. 

8vo.  pp.  14  and  120.  Boston.  P rinted  and  sold  by  S.  Kneeland 
and  T.  Green,  in  Queen  Street.  1730. 

The  same.  With  a  memoir  of  the  author  ;  Biogra- 
phical notices  of  some  of  his  distinguished  contemporaries ; 
and  annotations  and  original  documents,  illustrative  of  the 
History  of  Rhode  Island  and  Providence  Plantations,  from 
the  first  settlement  to  the  end  of  the  first  centuiy.  By 
Romeo  Elton,  D.  D. 

8vo.  pp.  270.    Knowlen,  Vose  .f  Company.   Providence.  1838. 

This  work  also  fornix  the  fburtli  volume  of  tlie  collections  of  tlie  Rhode 
Island  Historical  Societv. 


I'J,  BIBLIOGRAPHY    OK 

A  Discourse  occasioned  by  the  deatli  of  tlie  Kev.  Air. 

Nathaniel  Clapp,  Pastor  of  a  church  in  Newport  on  Rhode 
Island.     On  October  30, 1745,  in  the  78th  year  of  his  age. 

12mo.  pp.  36.  N'eu'j:>ort.  Printed  bi/ the  Widow  Franklin.  1746. 

John  Callender  was  a  Baptist  minister  in  Newport,  and  was  born  iu  Boston  in 
1706.  His  fatlier,  John  Callender,  was  the  son  of  the  Rev.  Ellis  Callender, 
minister  of  the  First  Baptist  Church,  in  Boston,  from  1708  to  1726.  He 
graduated  at  Harvard  College  in  1723,  and  died  on  the  2Cth  January,  1748, 
aged  41  years.     He  was  distinguished  as  a  preacher  as  well  as  a  writer. 

Calvert,  George  H.  Oration  on  the  occasion  of  celebrating 
the  Battle  of  Lake  Erie,  delivered  Sept.  10,  1853,  in 
Newport,  R.  I. 

8vo.  pp.  40.  Boston.  Mdcalf  jf-  Co.  1853. 

Campbell.  A  sermon  preached  at  Tiverton,  October  1, 
1746,  by  the  Rev.  Othniel  Campbell,  on  his  installment  to 
the  pastoral  office  in  the  Ciiurch  of  Christ  lately  gathered 
there. 

12mo.  pp.  29.  [Newport.  K.  I.    Widow  Franklin.  1747. 

Capital  Punishment.  Report  to  the  General  Assembly  of 
Rhode  Island,  of  the  Committee  on  Education,  on  the 
subject  of  Capital  Punishment. 

Bvo.  pp.  43.  I'rovidence.  Albert  C.  Greene.  1852. 

Caswell,  Alexis.  A  Discourse  delivered  before  the  Phi 
Beta  Kappa  Society  of  Rhode  Island,  September  2,  1835. 
Printed  in  the  Biblical  Repository. 

8vo.  pp.  18.  Boston.  1836. 

Smithsonian  Contributions  to  Knowledge.     JMeteoro- 

logical  Observations  made  at  Providence,  R.  I.,  extending 
over  a  period  of  twenty-eight  years  and  a  half,  from  Decem- 
ber, 1831,  to  May,  I860.  By  Alexis  Caswell,  D.  D., 
Professor  of  Natm-al  Philosophy  and  Astronomy  in  Brown 
University,  Providence,  Rhode  Island.  (Accepted  for 
publication,  August,  1859.) 

Quarto,  pp.  179.  Washington,  I).  C. 

Caswell,  Mrs.  Esther  Lois.  Sermon  on  the  death  of.  See 
F.  Wayland. 


KHODK      ISLAND.  73 

C  K?f  3US  of  the  inhabitants  of  the  Colony  of  Rhode  Island,  taken 
June,  1774.     Folio.     The  original  returns. 

The  same  arranged   by  John   R.  Bartlutt,  Secretary 

of  Staie,  and  printed  by  order  of  the  General  Assembly. 

8vo.  pp.  237.         Providence.  Knowles,  Anthony  ^-  Co.  1858. 

Census  of  the  male  inhabitants  of  the  State  of  Rhode  Island, 

between  the  ages  of  16  and  GO  years,  taken  in  April,  1777. 
Folio.  The  original  returns  on  printed  forms. 

This  census  w.is  iuteiiileJ  to  show  the  uumberof  men  capable  of  bearing  arms. 
Census  of  Rhode  Island,  abstracts  taken  in  1730,  1748,  1755, 

1791.     ISIassachusetts  Historical  Collections  vol.  vii. 
CfiANNixG,  William  Ellery,  D.  D.     A  discourse  delivered 

at  the  dedication  of  the  Unitarian  Congregational  Church 

in  Newport,  Rhode  Island,  July  27,  1836. 
8vo.  pp.  44.  Boston.  S.  iV.  DicJcerson.  1836. 

A  discourse  delivered  at  the  ordination  of  the  Rev. 

Frederick  A.  Farley,  as  Pastor  of  the  Westminster  Congre- 
gational Society,  in  Providence,  R.  I.,  Sept.  10,  1828. 

12mo.  pp.  28.  Boston.  Bowles  ^  Dearborn.  1828. 

Memoir  of,  with  extracts  from  correspondence  and  Mss. 

3  vols.  12mo.  Boston.  1848. 

Essay  on  the  philosophical  character  of.     See  Hazard. 

Dr.  Ch-inning  was  born  in  Newport,  R.  I.,  April  7,  1780.     His  father,  Willl.am 

Clianninij,  w.is  an  eminent  lawyer  of  that  town,  and  his  mother  was  the 
daughter  of  William  Ellery,  one  of  the  signers  of  the  Declaration  of 
Independence.  He  graduated  at  Harvard  University  in  1798,  where  he 
attained  the  highest  honors.  In  1803  he  became  pastor  of  the  Federal 
Street  Society  in  Boston.  In  1812  he  was  appointed  Dexter  lecturer  on 
biblical  criticism  in  Harvard  College,  but  was  compelled  to  resign  the  place 
the  following  year,  on  account  of  ill  health.  His  feeble  constitution 
induced  him  to  visit  Europe,  and  subsequently  the  West  Indies,  yet  he 
continued  to  ofliciate  in  the  pulpit  until  1819,  when  he  resigned.  He  died 
at  Bennington,  Vermont,  when  on  a  journey,  October  2,  1842,  aged  G2 
years.  Dr.  Channing's  published  works  include  a  large  number  of  religious 
discourses  ;  essays  on  Milton,  Bonaparte  and  Fcnclon,  and  a  number  of 
tracts  on  Slavery,  and  the  condition  of  the  laboring  classes.  Several 
edi.ions  of  his  works  have  been  published  in  Boston,  Glasgow  and  London. 

Chanxixg,  Edward  T.  Life  of  William  Ellory,  (vol.  6, 
Sparks'  Library  of  i\merican  Biography.) 

21ino.  pp.  S.>  to  15.1.         Boston.  Hillard,  G-ray  S^  Co.  1836. 


74  BIBLIOGUAPHY    OF 

Chapix,  Rev.  .E.  H.  The  position  and  duties  of  Liberal 
Christians.  A  sermon  delivered  at  the  installation  of  the 
Rev.  Henry  Bacon,  as  pastor  of  the  First  Universalist 
Society,  Providence,  R.  I.,  March  17,  1842. 

8vo.  pp.  Providence.  B.  Cranston  <|-  Co.  1842. 

Chakters.  a  list  of  copies  of  Charters  from  the  commissioners 
fgr  Trade  and  Plantations,  presented  to  the  Hon.  the  House 
of  Commons,  in  pursuance  of  an  address  to  H.  M.  of  the 
25th  of  April,  1740,  viz:  Maryland  charter,  granted  by 
Charles  1,  in  the  8th  year  of  his  reign  ;  Connecticut,  Cliarles 
2d,  14th  of  his  reign ;  Rhode  Island,  Charles  2d,  loth  year 
of  his  reign ;  Pennsylvania,  Charles  2d,  Sod  year  of  his 
reign ;  Massachusetts,  William  and  ]\Iary,  od  year  of  their 
reign  ;  Georgia  charter,  granted  by  his  present  Majesty,  in 
the  5th  year  of  his  reign. 

Folio.  London.  1741. 

The  Charters  of  the  following  provinces  of  North  America, 
viz  :  Virginia,  Maryland,  Connecticut,  Rliode  Island,  Peim- 
sylvania,  Massachusetts  Bay  and  Georgia.  To  which  is 
prefixed  a  faithful  narrative  of  the  proceedings  of  tlie  North 
American  Colonies,  in  consequence  of  the  late  stamp  act. 

Quarto,  pp.  70.  London.  1766. 

Charters  and  Legislative  Documents  illustrative  of  Rliode 
Island  History ;  showing  tliat  the  people  of  Rliode  Island, 
from  the  foundation  of  the  State,  until  their  constitution  of 
1842,  possessed  and  exercised  the  i-ights  of  self-Government ; 
and  in  what  manner  and  under  what  form  of  government 
they  declared  their  independence,  in  1776,  and  Ijecaine  a 
member  of  the  confederation  of  the  LTnited  States,  in  1778, 
and  adopted  the  constitution  of  the  United  States  in  1790. 

8vo.  pp.  68.  Providence.  Knowles  and  Vosc.  1844. 

The  Charter,  granted  by  His  Majesty  King  Charles  the 
Second  to  the  Governor  and  Company  of  the  English 
Colony  of  Rhode  Island  and  Providence  Plantations  in 
New  England,  in  America. 

Folio.     ]\Ianu^cript.  Dated  at  London.  1663. 


IIIIODE    ISLAND.  10 

The  original  cliarter  upon  parchment,  framed  in  the  office  of  tlie  Secretary  of 
State.  This  cliarter  is  also  printeil  at  the  beginning  of  the  second  volume 
of  Public  Laws  of  Rhode  Islund.  See  also,  under  Constilution ,  various 
charters  connected  with  the  adoption  of  that  instrument  in  1842. 

Chastei.lux  jMarquis  re.  Voyage  de  Newport  a  Pliiladel- 
phie,  Albany,  etc. 

Quarto,  pp.  188.  Newport,  li.  I.  1761. 

"  Dc  rimprimerie  Koyale  de  I'Kpcadre." 
"  The  Marquis  de  Chastellux  caused  twenty-four  copies  of  tliis  journal  to  be 
printed  at  a  press  on  board  one  of  the  ships  of  the  French  squadron,  at 
Newport.  It  consists  only  of  that  part  which  forms  the  first  volume  of  the 
edition  of  Paris  of  1785,  comprising  his  travels  in  the  winter  of  1780-81, 
and  was  printeil,  he  says,  to  avoid  the  trouble  of  making  ms.  copies  for 
his  friends  in  Europe."  liich.  His  travels  which  e.xist  in  French  and 
English,  contain  many  interesting  incidents  relative  to  Rhode  Island. 

Child,  Anne  P.  Whatchcer,  a  story  of  olden  times.  One  of 
sister  Rhody"s  collections  of  liistorical  facts,  for  the  amuse- 
ment and  instruction  of  Young  People. 

18mo.  pp.  ixandl94.     Prov.  Knoivles,  Anthony  i^^  Co.  1857. 

Child,  Majou  John.  New  England's  Jonas  cast  up  at 
London  :  or  A  Relation  of  the  proceedings  of  the  Court  at 
Boston  in  New  England,  against  divers  honest  and  godly 
persons,  for  Petitioning  for  Government  in  the  Common- 
wealth, according  to  the  laws  of  England,  and  for  the 
admittance  of  themselves  and  children  to  the  sacraments  in 
their  Churches ;  and  in  case  that  should  not  be  granted, 
for  leave  to  have  Ministers  and  Church  government  accord- 
ing to  the  best  Reformation  of  Entfland  and  Scotland. 
Together  with  a  Confutation  of  some  Reports  of  a  fained 

Miracle  upon  the  foresaid  Petition,  being  thrown  overboard  at 

sea;  as  also   a  brief  answer  to  some  passages  in  a  late  Book 

(entitled  "  Hypocrisie  unmasked")  set  out  by  Mr.  Winslowe, 

concerning  the  independent  churches  holding  communion  with 

the  Reformed  Churches. 

Small  4to.  pp.  22.  London.  Printed  by  T.  R.  and  E.  31.  1647. 

The  same,  reprinted  in  Massachusetts  Historical  Col- 
lections., '2d  series,  vol.  ir. 

The  second  part  or  "  Postscript,"  to  this  p.araphlet,  relates  to  Edward  Wiuslow's 
book  against  Samuel  Gorton,  entitled  "  Hypocrisie  Unmasked,"  which  see. 

Cheney,  Rev.  Martin.  A  sermon  delivered  at  the  installa- 
tion of  the  Rev.  Lorenzo  D.   Johnson,  as  Pastor  of  the 


76  BIBLIOGKAPHY  OF 

Roger  Williams  Baptist  Church  Society,  in  Providence, 
Oct.  25,  1827. 

8vo.  pp.  22.  Providence.  H.  H.  Brown.  1827. 

Childs,  Mes.  Hannah,  [of  Johnson,  Rhode  Island.]  The 
Life  of,  who  long  in  darkness  lay,  will  now  be  brought' to 
light. 

8vo,  pp.  27.  Providence.   [1859.] 

Choules,  Rev.  John  Oveuton,  of  Kewport.  Funeral  Dis- 
course on  the  Life  and  Character  of.     See  Hague. 

Chukch,  Thomas.  The  Entertaining  History  of  King  Phil- 
ip's war,  which  was  began  in  the  month  of  June,  1675. 
And  also  of  expeditions  more  lately  made  against  the 
common  enemy,  and  Indian  Rebels,  in  the  Eastern  part  of 
New  England :  With  some  account  of  the  Divine  Provi 
dence  towards  Col.  Benjamin  Church,  by  his  son  Thomas 
Church,  Esq. 

4to.  pp.  120.  .  Boston.  1716. 

The  same. 

12mo.  pp.  199.  Second  edition,  Newport.  Peptinted  caul  sold 
bi/  Solomon  Southwick,  in  Queen  street.  1772. 

The  portrait  of  King  Pliilip,  first  publislicd  in  this  edition,  is  fictitious,  as  well 
as  that  of  Colonel  Church.  The  latter  was  evidently  copied  from  the 
portrait  of  Charles  Churchill,  the  Englisli  poet,  with  the  addition  of  a 
powder  horn  around  his  neck. 

The  History  of  Philip's  war,  commonly  called  the 

great  Indian  war  of  1675  and  1G76.  Also  of  the  French 
and  Indian  wars  of  the  Eastward,  in  1689,  1690,  1692, 
1696  and  1704.  By  Thomas  Church,  Esq.,  with  numerous 
notes  to  explain  the  situation  of  the  places  of  battles,  the 
particular  geography  of  the  ravaged  country,  and  the  lives 
of  the  principal  persons  engaged  in  those  Avars.  Also,  an 
appendix,  containing  an  account  of  the  treatment  of  the 
natives  by  the  early  voyagers,  the  settlement  of  New  Eng- 
land by  the  forefathers,  the  Pequot  war,  narratives  of 
persons  carried  into  captivity,  anecdotes  of  the  Indians,  and 
the  most  important  late  Indian  wars  to  the  time  of  the  Creek 
war.     By  Samuel  G.  Drake.     Third  edition,  with  plates. 

12mo.  pp.  360.     With  frontispiece.  Boston.  1825. 


RHOnE      1SLAM1.  '  ' 

A  second  emission  of  Mr.  Drake's  edition  was  published  in  Hosion,  in  1827, 
and  a  third  in  1828.    In  1820,  there  was  a  reprint  at  Exeter,  >ew  Hami- 
slure.     In  1810,  one  at  C.operstowii,  New  York ;  in  1854,  one  at  Hartford 
Conn.,  from  the  press  of  Silas  Andrus  &  Son.     These  arc  duodecimos  and 
believed  to  be  from  tlie  same  plates  as  tlie  edition  of  1825. 
City  Bank,  Providence,  R.  I.     Proceedings  of  the  Stock- 
holders of,  in  reference  to  the  last  election  of  Directors,  on 
the  4th  July,  1836. 
8vo.  pp.  1.3.  [No  imprint.]   1830. 

Claggett,    William.     A    Looking-Glass  for   Elder   Ckirko 
and   Elder   Wightman,  and  the  church  under  tlieir  care. 
Wherein   is   fairly   represented  the  very  image  of  their 
Transactions.     It"  being  a  brief  but  true  relation  of  the 
cause  and  prosecution  of  the  differences  between  the  Bap- 
tist Church,  under  the  pastoral  care  of  the  aforesaid  Elders, 
and  John  Rhodes,   Capt.   John  Rogers,  William  Claggett 
and  several   others   that  were    members    of  the    aforesaid 
Church,  with  some  remaiks  thereon. 
12ino.  pp.  -280.     Printed  for  J.  Rhodes,  J.  Rogers,    W.  Clay- 
gett,   if-c,  and  to  be  bohl  by   J.  Rhodes, 
Shopkeejjer  in  Neivport,  on  Rhode  Island, 
in  New  England.  1731. 

Clap,  Rev.  Nathaniei,,  A.  M.  "  A  broken  heart  acceptable 
with  God  through  Christ."  A  sermon  preached  at  Newport, 
March  27,  1715,  on  a  murder  committed  by  Jeremiah 
Meacham.  (The  Prisoner  being  present  at  the  meeting, 
and  addressed  by  the  preacher,)  with  the  dying  words  of 
the  criminal  at  the  execution  at  Newport  on  Rhode  Island  ; 

April  12,  1715. 

-ia  „   ;  1')  Boston.  1(15. 

16mo.  pp.  cio. 

Mr  Clap  was  a  minister  of  the  first  Congregational  Churdi,  in  Newport,  nearly 
50  years.  He  was  born  in  Dorchester,  Massachusetts,  in  10(58,  graduated 
at  Harvard  College  in  lO'JO,  and  began  to  preach  in  Newport  in  1695. 
The  celebrated  George  Whitefield,  in  speaking  of  Mr.  Clap,  upon  whom 
he  called,  in  Newport,  in  1740,  says,  he  was  the  most  remarkable  man  he 
ever  beheld.  "  He  looked  like  a  good  old  puritan  and  gave  one  an  idea  ot 
what  stamp  those  old  men  were,  who  first  settled  New  England."  He 
died  Oct,  30,  1745,  in  the  78th  year  of  his  ago. 

Clarke,  Abkaiiam  Lvnsex,  A.  M.,   Rector  of  St.   John's 


10 


78  lillil.IOGUAPIIY    OF 

Church,  Pi-ovidence.  The  secrets  of  masonry  ilkistrated 
and  explained  ;  in  a  discourse  preached  at  South  Kingstown, 
before  tlie  Grand  Lodge  of  the  State  of  Rhode  Island ; 
convened  for  the  installation  of  Washington  Lodge,  Sep- 
tember 3d,  A.  L.  5799. 
8vo.  pp.  Providence.  Bennett  Wheeler.  1799. 

Clakk  John.  Ill  Newes  from  New-Enaland  :  or  a  narrative 
of  New  England's  Persecution.  Wherein  is  declared  that 
while  old  England  is  becoming  new.  New  England  is 
becoming  old.  Also  four  proposals  to  the  Honoured  Par- 
liament and  Council  of  State,  touching  the  vvay  to  jiropagate 
the  Gospel  of  Christ  (with  small  charge  and  great  safety) 
both  in  old  England  and  New.  Also  four  conclusions 
touching  the  faith  and  order  of  the  Gospel  of  Christ  as  of 
his  last  will  and  testament,  confirmed  and  justified.  By 
John  Clark,  Physician,  of  Rhode  Island  in  America. 

4to.  pp.  76.  London.  Printed  by  Henri/  Hills,  living  in  Fleet 
Yard,  next  door  to  the  Hose  and  Croicn,  in 
the  yeare  1652. 

Tlie  same.     (^Mass.  Hist.  Coll.  1th  scries,  vol.  1.) 

In  tliis  book  the  aiitlior  introduces  tlie  substance  of  a  curious  tract  said  by 
Prof.  Elton,  in  his  notes  to  Calleiicler's  l^iscourse,  p.  110,  to  have  I  een 
issued  tlie  preceding  year,  called  "  A  Brief  Discourse  touching  New 
England,  as  to  the  matter  in  hand,  and  to  that  p.art  of  it,  sci.  Kiiode 
Island,  where  my  residence  is,  together  with  the  occasion  of  my  going 
out,  with  others  from  the  Mathatusets  Bay,  and  the  many  providential 
occurrences  that  directed  us  thereto,  and  pitched  us  thereon."  This  is 
followed  by  "A  faithful  and  true  relation  of  the  persecution  of  Obadiali 
Holmes,  John  Crandall  and  John  Clark,  merely  for  conscience  sake 
towards  God,  I13'  the  principal  members  of  the  church  or  commonwealth 
of  the  Mathatusets  in  New  England,  which  rules  over  that  part  of  the 
world  ;  wherein  is  shown  their  discourteous  entertainment  of  strangers, 
and  liovv  that  spirit  by  which  they  acted,  would  order  the  wliole  world  if 
either  brought  uniicr  them,  or  should  come  in  unto  them.  Drawn  forth  by 
the  aforesaid  John  Clark." 

Dr.  John  Clark  w,as  the  founder,  in  104i,  of  the  first  Baptist  church  in 
Newport,  aud  became  its  pastor.  This  was  the  second  Baptist  church  in 
America.  He  was  sent  to  England  in  IGll  with  Roger  Williams,  as  an 
agent  of  the  colony,  in  which  capacity  he  acted  for  twelve  years.  In  ICGo 
lie  procured  the  charter  by  which  Khode  Island  was  governed  for  nearly  a 
century,  and  returned  to  his  pastoral  charge  in  Newport,  lie  was  elected 
three  years  successively.  Deputy  Governor,  and,  although   he  constantly 


RHOnE     ISLAND.  79 

cxerteii  himself  to  promote  tlio  civil  prosperity  of  tlie  colony,  lie  conlimieil 
to  labor  as  tlie  pastor  of  the  church  referred  to,  until  his  death,  whicli 
took  place  on  the  20tli  of  April  1076,  in  the  sixty-seventh  year  of  liis  age. 
Dr.  Clark  was  ever  distinguished  for  his  piety  and  beneficence.  He  was 
one  of  Khode  Island's  ablest  legislators,  and  had  the  lionor  of  contribut- 
ing much  towards  establishing  the  first  governmentin  the  world  that  gave 
to  all,  equal  civil  and  religious  liberty. 

Clarke,  Thomas  M.  Bisliop  of  Illiode  Island.  Primai-y 
charge  to  tlio  clergy  of  the  Diocese  of  Rhode  Island : 
Printed  by  order  of  the  Convention. 

8vo.  pp.  19.  Providence.   G.  II.  Whitna/.  1855. 

Oration  before   the   municipal  authorities  and  others 


of  the  city  of  Providence,  July  4,  1860. 
8vo.  pp.  32.  Provideiice.  Knoivles,  Anlhomj  ^-  Co.  1860. 

Address  in  commemoration    of  Washington's  Birth 


dav,  bcf()re  the  First  Liglit   Infiintry    of  Providence,  Feb. 
22,  1801. 
12mo.  pp.  24.  Providence.     Cooke  tf  Danielson.  1861. 

Cleveland,  Hon.  C.  F.  Letter  to  Gov.  King,  refusing  to 
deliver  up  Thomas  W.  Dorr.     (/St'e  Constitution.^ 

Coal.  An  enquiry  into  the  chymical  character  and  properties 
of  that  species  of  coal  lately  discovered  at  Rhode  Island; 
together  with  observations  on  the  useful  a])plication  of  it  to 
the  arts  and  manufactui'cs  of  the  Eastern  States. 

12mo.  pp.  21.  Boston.   Smiling  ^  Simons.  1808. 

An  address  to  the  inhabitants  of  Rhode  Island  on  the 

subject  of  their  coal  mines. 
8vo.  pp.  16.  Neiv  York.  J.  Seymour.  1825. 

CoDBETT,  Thomas.  The  Civil  Magistrate's  Power  in  matters 
of  Religion,  modestly  debated,  impartially  stated  according 
to  the  Bounds  and  Grounds  of  Scripture,  and  answer 
returned  to  those  objections  against  the  same,  which  seem 
to  have  any  weight  in  them.  Together  with  a  Brief  answer 
to  a  certain  Slanderous  Pamphlet,  called  "  111  News  from 
New  England  :  or,  A  Narrative  of  New  England's  Perse- 
cution."    By  John  Clark  of  Road-Island,  Physician.     Bv 


80  UIUI.IOGKAPHY    OF 

Thomas  Cobbett,  Teacher  of  the  Churc-li  of  Lime  in  New 

England. 

4to.  pp.  xii.  103,  2fl  part  iv.  and  52.     London.  Printed  hy  W. 

Wilson  for  Philemon  Stephens,  at  the   Gilded  Si<jn  in 

St.  PauVs  Churchyard.  1653. 

Deilicated  to  the  Right  Hon.  Ohver  Cromwell,  Captiiiii  General  of  all  the 
Forces  of  the  Commonwealth  of  England,  Scotland  and  Ireland.  Grace, 
Mercy  and  Peace  be  mnltiplied. 

This  Treatise  concerning  tlie  Christian  Magistrate's  Power,  and  the 
exerting  thereof  in  and  about  matters  of  religion,  written  with  much  zeal 
and  judgment  by  Mr.  Cobbett  of  New  England,  I  doe  allow  to  be  printed, 
as  being  very  profitable  for  these  times.  February  7th,  1G.52.  Ohailiiili 
Sedi/wick, 

CoDDixGTos,  William.  A  demonstration  of  True  Love  itnto 
yon  the  Rulers  of  the  Colony  of  the  Massachusetts  in  New 
England ;  shewing  to  you  that  are  now  in  authority,  the 
unjust  Paths  that  your  Predecessors  walked  in,  and  of  the 
Lord's  Dealings  with  them  in  his  severe  judgments,  for 
persecuting  his  Saints  and  Children.  Which  may  be  a 
warning  unto  you,  that  you  walk  not  in  the  same  steps, 
lest  you  come  under  the  same  condemnation.  Written  by 
one  who  was  once  in  authority  with  them  ;  but  always 
testified  against  their  persecuting  Spirit,  who  am  called 
William  Coddington  of  Rhode  Island. 

Small  4to.  pp.  20.  Printed  in  the  year  1G74. 

Five  letters  from,  to  John  Winthrop  and  John  Win- 

throp,  Jun.,.1610to  1648,  written  from  Newport,  R.  I. — 
Also,  the  case  of  William  Coddington  vs.  William  Dyre. 

Winthroj)  Papers,  in  3fass.  Hist.  Coll.  4  series,  Vol.  VI. 

Letters  from,  see  Besse,  History  of  the  Quakers. 


Coddington  was  a  native  of  Lincolnshire,  England,  and  came  to  Massachusetts 
in  1G20,  as  one  of  the  magistrates.  He  removed  to  Rhode  Island  in  1037. 
The  following  year  we  find  his  name  first  among  those  who  agreed  to 
incorporate  themselves  into  a  "bodie  politic,"  on  Rliode  Island.  He  w.as 
chosen  judge  or  chief  ruler  of  the  colony  at  Newport,  which  elected  him 
Governor,  until  that  colonj'  was  incorporated  with  that  of  Providefce 
Plantations  in  1647.  Under  this  patent  lie  was  again  elected  Governor  in 
1074  and  1675.  Gov.  Coddington  early  embraced  tli.e  sentiments  of  the 
Society  of  Friends,  which  he  continued  to  hold  till  his  de.ath.  He  .apiiears 
to  have  enjoyed  a  high  reputation,  and  was  ever  active  in  promoting  the 
welfare  of  the  colony  which  lie  had  assisted  in  Ibuiiding.     He  was  a  w-irm 


UUOIH:      ISLAM).  SI 

aavocato  of  liberty  of  conscience,  as  was  shown  l.y  Lis  acts,  an.l  which 

may  be  seen  in  his  writings. 
CoiT,  Thom.vs  W.,  D.  D.,     Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  New 

R32li?llc.  Puritanism,  or  a  churchman's  defence  against  Its 

aspsrslons  by  an  appeal  to  Its  own  history,  &c. 
12mo.  pp.  52  S.  New  York.  D.  AppJeton  #  Co.  1845. 

This  book  contains  miny  facts  relating  to  the  settlement  of  Rliode  IslanJ, 

with  full  reference  to  authorities. 
C.3LLIX3,  Howard  C,  of  South  Kingston ;  Memoir  of  [died 

2d  month,  14th,  17G7,  aged  15  years,  4  months.] 

-,  -,  o  No  dale. 

12mo.  pp.  b. 

C:)LORED  ScHO.ii.s.  Will  the  General  Assembly  put  down 
Caste  Schools  ? 

8vo.  pp.  8.  Providence.  1857. 

CoM-STOCK,  Charles,  L.  L.  D.  A  history  of  South  Kingston 
with  a  particular  description  of  the  Hornet's  Nest  Com- 
pany, and  the  Cats  let  out  of  the  Bag. 

12mo.  pp.  Newport.  Printed  hy  the  author.  ISOG. 

Cjxnecticut    Bouxd.vry.     Paukatuck,  now   the   boundary 

between  Connecticut  and  Rhode  Island.  April  17,  1663. 

Mass.  Hist.  Coll.,  1st  scries,  Vol.  5. 

Cooke,  James  W.,  A  statement  of  facts  relating  to  the  ordi- 
nation at  Grace  Church,  with  the  correspondence  on  the 
subject  between  the  Rt.  Rev.  J.  P.  K.  Henshaw,  D.  D., 
and  the  Rev.  J.  W.  Cooke,  Rector  of  St.  Michael's  Churcb, 

Bristol,  R.  I.  ^     ^^,^ 

8vo.  pp.  72.  Providence.   C.  Burnett,  Jr.  1847. 

See  Mulchahey,  for  reply  to  this  pamphlet. 
Cooper,  James  Fenimore.     Memoir  of  Commodore  O.  H. 
Perry,  [in  vol.  2,   of  "  Lives  of  Distinguished  American 

Naval  Officers." 
-[■ijyiQ^  Auburn.  New  York.  1846. 

CowELL,  Bexjamin.  Spirit  of  '76  in  Rhode  Island ;  or 
sketches  of  the  efforts  of  the  Government  and  People  in  the 
war  of  the  Revolution ;  together  with  names  of  those  who 


82 


HIlil.IOUKAPIIY    OF 


belonged  to  Rhode  Island  Regiments  in  the  avniv.     ^^'ith 
Biograpliical  notices,  Reminiscences,  &c.  &c. 
8vo.  pp.  351.  Boston.  A.  J.  Wrigld.  1850. 

Oration  pronounced  before  the  Greene  Association 


on  the  8th  of  August  1811,  it  being  tlie  anniversary. 
8vo.  pp.  19.  Providence.  Miller,  Goddarcl  tf'  31an. 

Crane,  John,  D.  D.  A  sermon  delivered  July  31,  1816, 
at  the  installation  of  the  Rev.  William  Preston  to  the  pas- 
toral care  of  the  Pacific  Church  and  Society  in  Providence. 

8vo.  pp.  15.  Providence.  Miller  ^-  Hiitcldns.   1816. 

THE  CONSTITUTION  OF   1842-43.     Books  relating  to. 


Adajis,  John  Quixcy.  The  Social  Compact  exemplified  in 
the  Constitution  of  the  Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts, 
with  remarks  on  the  theories  of  Divine  right  of  Hobbes  and 
others,  concerning  the  origin  and  nature  of  government. 
A  Lecture  delivered  before  the  Franklin  Lyceum,  Provi- 
dence, R.  I.,  November  25,  1842. 

8vo.  pp.  32.  Providence.  Knowles  ^f  Vose.  1844. 

An  Address  to  the  people  of  Rhode  Island,  from  the  conven- 
tion assembled  at  Providence  on  the  22d  day  of  February, 
and  again  on  the  12th  day  of  March,  1834,  to  jiromote  the 
establishment  of  a  State  Constitution. 

8vo.  pp.  60.  Providence.   Cranston  jf-  Hammond.  1834. 

On  page  27  of  Considerations,  &c.,  by  E.  R.  I'otter,  it  is  staled  (and  Ii.as  not 
been  contr.idicted  that  we  know  of)  that  tlie  liistorical  portion  of  this 
address  ivas  contributed  by  Joseph  K.  Angell,  Esq.,  the  statistics  by  Wil- 
liam H.  Smith,  Secretary  of  State  under  the  People's  Constitution,  and 
the  remainder,  including  all  the  argumentative  part,  by  Thomas  W.  Dorr. 

Address  adopted  by  the  Democratic  Convention  holden  at 
Providence,  December  20,  1841. 

8vo.  pp.  8.  Providence,     1842. 

Signed  by  Fenner  Brown,  President ;  Anson  Potter,  Nathaniel  Tompkins, 
Nathan  Bardin.Jolin  D.  Austin,  Kandall  Carder,  Vice  Presidents;  and 
Wm.  Simons,  Jr.,  \\m.  J.  Miller  and  Pardon  M.  Hale,  Secretaries. 

Address  to  the  people  of  the  United  States. 

12mo.  ])p.  15.  Providence.    October  lY.  1844. 


RHODE     ISLAM).  8.3 

Constitution  of  18-42-43.     Books  relating  to. 

This  aJilress  relates  to  the  Constitution  of  Government  adopted  by  Khodo 
Island  in  1842,  and  is  signed  by  N.  R.  Knight,  William  Sprague,  Jloses  B. 
Ives,  John  Brown  Krancis,  James  F.  Simmons,  II.  Y.  Cranston,  E.  I{. 
Potter,  John  Whipple,  AVm.  G.  Goddard,  Henry  Bowen,  Albert  C. 
Greene,  Joseph  11.  Blake,  .John  Carter  Brown,  Alexander  Duncan,  Charles 
Jackson,  and  others. 

[Ai)i)UEs.<]  To  the  Members  of  the  General  Assembly  of  tlie 
State  of  Rhode  Islamd. 

8vo.  pp.  24.  [i\7b  imjyrinl  or  date.'] 

AuciiMENTs  of  Messrs.  Whipple  and  Webster  in  the  case  of 
Martin  Luther,  Plaintiff  in  error,  versus  Luther  M.  Bor- 
den and  others,  in  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States, 
January  term,  1848. 

8vo.  pp.  56.  diaries  Bunuif,  Jan.  1848. 

CiLiRTER.  The  famous  old  Charter  of  Rhode  Island  granted 
by  King  Charles  2d  in  1663.  Also  the  Rhode  Island  Bill 
of  Ili"hts  and  the  declaration  of  relioious  freedom. 

8vo.  pp.  8.  Providence.  I.  H.  Cadij.  1842. 

Cii.\RTEKS  and  Acts  of  Rhode  Island,  to  be  used  in  the  case  of 
Martin  JAither  vs.  Luther  M.  Borden,  et  al. 

8vo.  pp.  Providi'nce.  Joseph  S.  Pitman.  1845. 

Ch.\rters  .\xi)  LEoisL.vrivE  Documents  illustrative  of  Rhode 
Island  History:  showing  that  the  people  of  Rhode  Island, 
from  the  foundation  of  the  State  until  their  Constitution  of 
1842,  possessed  and  exercised  the  rights  of  self-government ; 
and  in  what  manner  and  under  what  form  of  government 
they  declared  their  independence  in  1775,  became  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Confederation  of  the  United  States  in  1778,  and 
adopted  tlic  Constitution  of  the  LInited  States  in  1790. 

8vo.  pp.  08.  Providence.  Knowles  <f  Vose.  1844. 

The  toUowing  are  the  Documents  contained  in  this  volume : 

1.  Charter  of  1013  under  the  authority  of  Parliament,  pages  o  and  4 

2.  Letter  of  Oliver  Cromwell  to  Ehode  Island,  165o,  paged 
.3.     Commission  to  John  Clark,  agent  of  Khode  Island,  1C60,  0 

4.  Charter  of  lOGo,  granted  by  Charles  II.,  8 

5.  Accei)tancc  of  the  charter  by  the  people  of  Khode  Island,  l'.l-;21 
0.  Opinion  of  Chalmers,  extract  from  Kawle,  on  Constitution  U.  S.  21 
7.  Declaration   relating   to    Liberty   of   Conscience,   by    General 

Assemblv,  22 


84  iniii.ioGRAPiiY  01' 

CoiVSTiTUTioN  OF  1842-43.     Books  relating  to. 


8.     Declaration  of  General  Assembly  in  1665  as  to  qualifications  to 

vote,  page  23 

0.     Order  of  the  Assembly,  1GG7,  respecting  persons  voting  not 

freemen,  23 

lU.    Act  of  1003-4,  regulating  elections,  24 

11.  Act  of  1600,  regulating  ailmission  of  freemen,  26 

12.  Act  of  1723,  value  of  freehold  to  be  admitted  free,  27 

13.  Actof  1729,  same,  26 

14.  Act  of  1742,  same,  28 

15.  Act  of  1746,  san-e,  29 
10.    Act  of  1767,  same  referred  to,  30 

17.  Declaration  of  Ehode  Island  Independence,  May,  1776,  31 

18.  Insti'uctions  to  Delegates  in  Congress,  INIay,  1776,  34 

19.  Kesolutions  appointing,  and  instructions  to,  delegates  1st  Congress,  30 

20.  Appointment  of  delegates,  and  instructions,  December,  1774,  37 

21.  Act  of  June,   1770,  repealing  an  "Act  regulating  Appeals"  to 

the  King,  38 

22.  Instructions  to  delcgates,August,  1775,  respecting  American  licet,  yj 

23.  Acts  and  resolutions  of  the  Assembly,  approving  Declaration  of 

Independence,  S<J  and  40 

24.  Authority  of  delegates,  Feb.,  1778,  to  sign  Articles  of  Confed- 

eration, 40 

25.  Articles  of  Confederation  as  to  rights  of  the  States,  41 
20.    Eesolution  of  convention,  U.  S.,  in  reference  to  the  adoption  of 

Constitution,  42 

27.  Act  of  General  Assembly,  K.  I.,  calling  a  convention  to  consider 

Constitution  V.  S.,  Jan.,  1700,  42 

28.  Eatification  of  the  Constitution  U.  S.,  by  I!.  I.  convention,  44 
Comments  on  the  ratification  and  the  rights  of  Khode  Island 

under  the  Constitution  ;  extract  from  the  "Federalist,"         50,  51,  52 

29.  Law  of  Ehode  Island  as  to  the  qualifications  of  freemen,  1798, 

and  reference  to  law  of  1822,  53 
Keasons  for  the  long  continuance  of  the  freehold  qualification 
in  Rhode  Island.     Facts  showing  that  the  govermncnt  of 
Ehode  Island  did  all  that  was  necessary,  at  various  times,  for 
the  forming  a  Constitution,                                                        54  and  55 

30.  Act  of  January,  1824,  calling  a  convention,  55 

31.  Act  of  June,  1834,  calling  a  convention,  57 

32.  Resolutions  of  January,  1841,  calling  a  convention,  58 

33.  Resolutions  of  Ma}',  1841,  in  relation  to  the  convention,  59 

34.  Resolutions  of  January,  1842,  relating  to  convention,  60 

35.  Resolutions  of  January,  1842,  respecting  tl.e  "  I'eoplc's  Con- 

stitution," (U 

30.     Act  of  June,  1842,  calling  a  convention,  ■  Ul 

37.  Resolution  of  convention,  Sept.,  1842,  03 

38.  Act  of  October,  1842,  declaratory  of  the  act  of  June,  1842,  64 


KllOUE      181. AM).  8u 

Constitution  of  1842-43.     Books  relating  to. 

39.  Organization  of  tlie  government  under  tlie  Constitution  of  1842,    page  61 

40.  Certificate  of  the  Secretary  of  State  to  tlie  trutli  of  tlie  copies 

and  abstracts, 

Burke's  Report.     Interference  of  the  Executive  in  the  affairs 
of  Rhode  Island. 

Report  of  tlie  select  committoe,  to  wliom  was  referred 
the  memorial  of  the  Democratic  members  of  the  Legislature 
of  Rhode  Island,  requesting,  among  other  things,  the  House 
of  Representatives  to  institute  an  enquiry  into  the  fact  of 
the  adoption  of  a  constitution  by  the  people  of  Rliode 
Island  in  December,  1841,  and  its  suppression  by  the  then 
existing  authorities  of  that  State,  through  the  interference 
and  assistance  of  the  President  of  the  United  States  :  also, 
the  petition  of  Samuel  Melroy  and  other  citizens  of  Carroll 
county,  in  the  State  of  Indiana,  relating  to  the  same  subject ; 
also,  the  message  of  the  President  of  the  United  States, 
relatino-  to  the  alleged  interference  in  the  affairs  of  th.e 
people  of  Rhode  Island,  by  which  they  were  prevented 
from  establishing  a  government  under  the  constitution 
adopted  by  them  in  December,  1841,  with  the  documents 
accompanying.  [By  Edmund  Burke,  Chairman.] 

(PitJ.  I)oc.,2Sth  Congress,  Is*  Session.  House  Representatives, 
Report  No.  536.) 

8vo.  pp.  1070.  Washington.  Jane.  1844. 

The  following  papers  constitute  the  appendix  to  this  Document : 

No.      1.     Testimony  of  James  Harris,  page   102 

2.  Report  of  the  committee  on  the  action  of  the   General 

Assembly  on  the  subject  of  the  Constitution,  March,  1842,      12G 

3.  Constitution  of  the  State  of  Rhode  Island,  as  adopted  by 

the  Convention  at  rrovidence,  November,  1841.  135 

4.  Address  to  the  people  of  Rhode  Island,  from  the  Conven- 

tion assembled  at  Providence,  Feb.  and  March,  1834,  151 

5.  Proposed  Conslitutioii  of  Rhode  Island,  adopted  by  the 

People's  Convention,  Nov.  18,  1841,  185 

r,.     People's  Convention,  203 

7      Proclamation  of  Josepli  Joslin,  President  of  the  Conven- 

206 

tion, 

8.  Opinion  of  Hon.  John  Pitman,  Judge  U.  S.  District  Court,  206 

9.  Proposed  Constitution  of  the  State  of  Rhode  Island,  as 

adopted  by  the  Convention  assembled  at  Newport,  June 

*^fio 
21,  1824,  -"•' 


11 


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Constitution  o'f  1842-43.     Books  relatins  to. 


No.     10.     Constitution  of  Rliode  Isl.and,  adopted  November,  1842,    page  219 

11.  Ratification  of  the  Constitution  of  the  United  States  by 

Riiode  Island,  1790,  236 

12.  Democratic  State  Convention,  December,  1842,  239 

13.  Testimony  of  Welcome  B.  S.ayles,  247 

14.  Proceedings  of  tlio  llass  Convention,  Newport,  May  5, 

1841,  2.56 

15.  Resolutions  of  the  Mass  Convention,  Providence,  July  5, 

1841,  359 

IG.     Address  of  the  State  SuflTrage  Committee,  setting  forth  the 

principles  of  the  suffrage  movement.  20 1 

17.    Address  of  the  State  Suffrage  Committee,  calling  on  the 
people  to  elect  delegates  to  a  convention  to  form  a  con- 
stitution, 269 
19  to  72.     Various  depositions,  374 
73.     Vote  on  the  question  of  the  adoption  of  the  People's  Con- 
stitution, December,  1841,                                                           253 

77.  Papers  filed,  with  case  of  Martin  Luther  vs.  Luther  51. 

Borden,  et  al,  357 

78.  Proceedings  of  a  convention  of  delegates  in  Rliode  Island, 

met  for  the  purpose  of  ratifying  the  Constitution  of  the 

United  States,  1790,  ayo 

79.  Report  of  Benjamin  Hazard  on  the  extension  of  suffrage 

in  1829,  377 

80.  Resolutions  of  the  General  Assembly  of  Rhode  Island, 

January,  1831,  upon  a  memorial  for  the  poor  of  Smith- 
field,  401 

81.  Petition  of  Elisha  Dillingham  and  580  others  for  the  abro- 

gation of  the  charter,  January,  1841,  402 

82.  Declaration  of  the  principles  of  the  Rhode'Island  Suffrage 

Association,  made  Feb.  7,  and  April  13,  1841,  403 

83.  Resolutions  adopted  at  a  mass  meeting  in  Newport,  May 

5,  1841,  4U4 

84.  Resolutions  adopted  at  a  mass  meeting  in  Providence, 

July  5,  1841,  407 

85.  Resolutions  of  the  General  Assembly  of  Rhode   Island, 

May  1,  1841,  409 

80.    A  call  to  the  people  of  Rhode  Island  to  assemble  in  con- 
vention, May  5,  1841,  410 

87.  Address  of  the  State  Committee,  of  the  suffrage  conven- 

tion at  Newport,  May  5,  1841,  for  the  purpose  of  calling 

a  convention  to  form  a  Constitution  for  the  State,  412 

88.  Constitution  as  finally  adopted  by  the  People's  Convention 

which  assembled  at  Providence,  November  18,  1841,  420 

89.  Resolution  of   the   People's    Convention,   declaring   the 

adoption  of  the  People's  Constitution,  430 


UIlonE    ISLAND. 


87 


447 


448 


Constitution  of  1842-43.     Books  relating  to. 

No.     90.    An  act,  calling  a  convention  to  frame  a  written  constitu- 
tion for  the  State,  I'^SO  ^''^, 
91.    Extract  from  the  records  of  the  House,  May  7,  1841.  442 
92             do.            do.            do.            do.    January,  1842,  443 

93.  Proposed  act  to  change  the  day  of  annual  election,  etc.,  444 

94.  An  act  to  provide  for  calling  a  convention  for  the  purpose 

of  forming  a  new  constitution  or  form  of  goverment,  444 

95.  An  act  to  amend  "  an  act  to  provide  for  calling  a  conven- 

tion to  form  a  new  constitution,"  etc.,  44G 

96.  Proceedings  of   the  Charter  Assembly,  respecting   Mr. 

Atwell's  bill,  proposing  the  People's  Constitution  for 
adoption  or  rejection, 

97.  Organization  of  the  government  under  the  People's  Con- 

stitution, January  13,  1842,  44 

98.  Journal  of  the  Senate  under  the  People's   Constitution, 

1842, 

99.  Journal  of  the  House  of  Kepresentatives,  under  the  con- 

stitution of  the  State,  May  3,  1842,  ^  401 

100.  Acts  and  Kesolutions  of  the  Legislature  under  the  People's 

Constitution,  ^^^ 

101.  Table  of  the  population  of  Rhode  Island,  4i0 

102.  State  of  votes  for  general  officers  in  the  elections,  from 

1822  to  1841,  '^l] 

103.  Copy  of  an  act  declaring  martial  law,  4(1. 
101.    Proclamation  of  the  People's  Constitution,  472 

105.  Agreement  of  parties  to  the  action,  4i3 

106.  List  of  persons  voting  at  the  elections  of  the  27th,   28th 

and  2'Jth  of  December,  1841,  for  the  purpose  of  adopt- 
ing the  People's  Constitution,  474 

137.  Charter  of  1G43,  under  tlie  autliority  of  Pariiament,  623 

138.  Letter  from  Oliver  Cromwell,  Marcli  '29,  1655,  625 

139.  Charter  of  Rhode  Island,  granted  by  Charles  II,  1663,  625 

140.  Declaration  by  the  General  Assembly,  relating  to  suffrage, 

1664, 

141.  Declaration  by  the  General  Assembly,  in  relation  to  the 

qualification  of  voters,  ^^"^ 

142.  Order  of  tlie  General  Assembly,  respecting  persons  voting 

who  are  not  freemen,  1667, 

143.  Act  of  the  General  Assembly,  prescribing  proxy  voting  in 

1663, 

144.  Act  of  1666,  regulating  the  admission  of  freemen,  638 

145.  Act  fixing  tlie  freehold  qu.alification  of  voters,  passed  1723,  639 

146.  Act  relating  to  the  same  subject,  passed  in  1729,  639 

147.  Act  relating  to  the  same  subject,  passed  in  1742,  6.39 

148.  Act  relating  to  the  same  subject,  passed  in  1746,  640 

149.  Legislation  in  relation  to  Suffrage  ;  and  .acts  of  1798  .and 

1822, 


625 
625 

635 

635 

686 

636 


641 


88  IIIBLIUGKAI'IIY    of' 

Constitution  of  1842-43.     Books  relating  to. 

No.  150.  Act  of  1824,  calling  a  convention  to  frame  a  written  con- 
stitution, page  012 

151.  Act  of  18.31,  calling  a  convention  to  frame  a  constitution,  613 

152.  Eesolution  of  January,  1811,  for  the  same  purpose,  G44 

153.  Resolution  of  June,  1811,  relating  to  the  same  suhject,  015 

154.  Resolution  of  January,  1842,  relating  to  the  same  subject,  010 

155.  An  act  in  amendment  of  the  act  regulating  tlie  admission 

of  freemen,  040 

156.  Resolution  of  the  General  Assembly  relating  to  the  people's 

constitution,  017 

158.  Eesolution  of  the  convention,  asking  for  a  declaratory  act,  047 

159.  Act  of  October,  1842,  declaratory  of  tiie  act  of  June,  1812,  018 
100.  Organization  under  the  constitution  of  1812,  618 
100.  a  Report  of  the  committee  appointed  to  count  the  votes  given 

at  the  adoption  of  the  existing  constitution  of  Rhode 
lisland,  051 

161.  Message  from  the  President  of  the  United  States,  relative 
to  the  employment  of  United  States  troops  in  Rhode 
Island,  and  transmitting  documents  relative  to  the 
recent  difficulties  there,  April  9,  1844,  0.52 

162  to  211 .     Various_documents  accompanying  President  Tyler's 

message,  655 

212.  Chief  Justice  Durfee's  charge  to  the  Grand  Jury,  at  the 

March  term  of  the  Supreme  Court  at  Bristol,  Rhode 

Island,  1842,  706 

213.  Organization  of  the  government  under  the  People's  Con- 

stitution, and  message  of  Gov.  Dorr,  May  3, 1812,  707 

214.  Governor  Dorr's  address  to  the  people  of  Rhode  Island, 

August,  1813,  731 

215.  Proclamation  of  Governor  King,  suspending  martial  law 

in  Rhode  Island,  Aug.  1,  1842,  707 

216.  Correspondence  between  the  Hon.  H.  Clay  and  lion.  J.  B. 

Francis,  763 

217.  Indictment  i-s.  Wm.  II.  Smith,  and  certificate  of  commit- 

ment, 771 

218.  Indictment  vs.  Burrington  Anthony,  776 
218  a  Indictment  vs.  Ilezekiah  Willard,  778 

219.  Indictment  cs.  AVm.  P.  Dean,  ami  certificate  of  imprison- 

ment, 782 

220.  Indictment  vs.  Benjamin  Arnold,  786 

221.  Indictment  rs.  Chas.  II.  Campbell  and  Andrew  Tiiompson,  790 
222  to  226.    Indictments  I's.  Joseph  Gavitt,   S.vlvestcr  Harris, 

David  Parmenter,  Geo.  S.  Nichols,  and  JIartin  Lutlier,  792 
227-28.       Indictment  vs.  B.  M.  Bosworth,  Wilm:irtlr  Heath, 

with  reprints  of  their  trials,  804 

228-33.    Miscellaneous  articles  and  papers,  813 


KUOUE     ISLAND.  ^''^ 

CoNSTiTrnox  of  1842-48.     Books  relating  to. 

iJcP-Gl-S       Laws  relating  to  the  military,  passed  by  the  General 

Assembly,  January,  1842,  P=>ge  81« 

236-37.    Laws  relatins;  to   the   military,   insseil    by   General 

Assembly,  Jannary,  1843,  ^^^ 

238.    An  act  to  regulate  the  election  of  civil  officers,  etc.,  841. 

233.     Speech  of  Tlionias  W.  Dorr,  on  the  rigli  t  of  the  people  of 

Kliode  IsUanJ  to  form  a  constitution,  Nov.  18,  1841,  8-il 

240.    Report  of  the  trial  of  Thomas  W.  Dorr,  on  the  charge  .of 

865 

treason, 

211.    Proceedings  of  the  United  States  Senate  in  relation  to  the 

difficulties  in  Rhode  Island,  10^^ 

242.     Statement  of  Mrs.  A.  H.  Lord,  and  indictment  again|t  her,  1068 

The  Close  of  the  late  Rebellion  in  Rhode  Island.  An  ex- 
tract from  a  letter,  Ly  a  jNIassachusetts  man,  resident  in 
Providence.     (1st  and  2d  editions.) 

8vo.  pp.  16.  Providence.    B.  Cranston  J-  Co.  1812 

Constitution  of  the  State  of  Rhode  Island  and  Providence 
Plantations,  as  adopted  by  the  convention,  assembled  at 
Newport,  June  21,  1821. 

8vo.  pp.  18.  Providence.  Jones  jf  Bla.vnj.  1821. 

Constitution.  Draft  of  a  constitution  of  the  State  of  Rhode 
Island  and  Providence  Plantations,  as  revised  by  a  com- 
mittee appointed  by  the  convention,  assembled  ,at  Prov- 
idence, November,  1811.  Printed  by  order  of  the  Con- 
vention. 

8vo.pi).  21.  Providence.  Knoides  <f-  Vose.  1841. 

Known  as  the  People's  Convention: 

Constitution.  Articles  of  a  constitution  adopted  by  the 
People's  Convention,  held  October  4,  1811,  and  postponed 
to  November  IG,  for  final  consideration.  Published  by 
order  of  the  convention. 

8vo.  i>p.  16.  Providence.   Office  of  the  New  Age.  1841. 

Constitution  of  the  State  of  Rhode  Island  and  Providence 
Plantations,  as  finally  adopted  by  the  convention  of  the 
people  dissembled  at  Providence  on  the  18th  of  Nov.,  1841. 

8vo.  pp.  22.  Providence.  New  Age  Office.  1841. 

Joseph  Joslin,  President  of  the  Convention  ;  W.  H.  Smith  and  John  S.  Harris, 
Secretaries.     This  is  known  as  the  People's  Constitution. 


90  BIBLIOGKAPHY    OF 

CoxsTiTUTiox  OK.  1842—1:3.     Books  relating  to. 

Constitution.  How  the  People's  Constitution  was  made  for 
Rhode  Island,  without  the  aid  of  the  Law  or  of  the  Legis- 
lature. 

8vo.  pp.  4.  double  columns.  [^Providence.  1841.] 

Constitution.     Proposed  constitution  of  the  State  of  Rhode 

Island  and  Providence  Plantations. 
8vo.  pp.  32.  Pi'ovideyice.  Knowles  ^  Vose.  1842. 

Constitution  of  the  State  of  Rhode  Island  and  Providence 
Plantations,  as  adopted  by  tlie  convention  assembled  at 
Providence,  November,  1841. 

8vo.  pp.  26.  Providence.  Knowles  ^  Vose.  1842. 

Henry  Y.  Cranston,  President ;  Thomas  A.  Jenckes,  Secretiiry.  Tliis  is 
known  as  tlie  Landliolders'  Constitution. 

Constitution  of  the  State  of  Rhode  Island  and  Providence 
Plantations,  as  adopted  by  the  convention  assembled  at 
Newport,  September,  1842. 

8vo.  pp.  24.  Providence.  Knowles  <f  Vose.  1842. 

James  Fenner,  President ;  H.  Y.  Cranstoc,  Vice-President;  Thomas  A.  Jenckes 
and  W.  W.  Updike,  Secretaries. 

Constitution.  Message  of  Governor  Fenner,  to  the  General 
Assembly,  relative  to  the  interference  of  Congress  in  the 
national  affairs  of  Rhode  Island,  with  the  Protest  and  De- 
claration of  the  select  committee  thereon,  made  to  the 
General  Assembly  of  Rhode  Island,  at  its  March  Session, 
A.  D.  1844.     See  March  schedule,  1844. 

The  Protest  and  Declaration  was  also  iirinted  in  a  separate  sheet. 

The  Conspir.\cy  to  defeat  the  Liberation  of  Governor  Dorr ; 
or  the  Hunkers  and  Algerines  identified,  and  tlieir  policy 
unveiled  ;  to  which  is  added  a  report  of  the  case  ex  parte 
Dorr  ;  comprising  motion  to  Supreme  Court  of  the  L^nited 
States ;  petitions  of  sundry  citizens  of  Rhode  Island ; 
affidavits  showing  the  treatment  of  Governor  Dorr  by  the 
inspectors  of  the  prison  ;  argument  of  counsel,  and  tlie 
decision  of  the  Court. 

8vo.  pp.  47.  New  York.  John  Windt.  1 845. 


UUUUli    ISLAND.  'Jl 

CoxsTiTUTiox  OF  1842-43.     Books  relating  to. 

Convention.  Journal  of  tlic  convention  assembled  to  frame 
a  Constitution  for  the  State  of  Rhode  Island,  at  Newport, 
September  12,  1842.  Printed  by  order  of  the  House  of 
Representatives,  at  its  January  session,  1859. 

8vo.  pp.  69.  Providence.  Knowles,  Anthony  <f  Co.  1859. 

Cooke,  Parsons.  An  essay  on  the  Gospel's  relation  to  the 
Civil  Law.     2d  edition. 

8vo.  pp.  22.  Boston.  S.  N.  Dickinson.  1843. 

CowELL,  Benjamin.  A  letter  to  the  Hon.  Samuel  W.  King, 
late  Governor  of  tlie  State  of  Rhode  Island,  May,  1842, 
2d  edition,  with  an  appendix. 

8vo.  pp.  82.  Providence.  H.  H.  Broivn.  1842. 

Crane,  Rev.  S.  A.,  Address  on  the  occasion  of  the  return 
of  the  Kentish  Guards  and  volunteers,  July  1,  1842,  after 
the  suppression  of  the  late  rebellion  in  this  State. 

8vo.  pp.12.  Providence.  B.  F.  Iloore.  1842. 

Davis,  John.  Governor  of  Massachusetts.  Message  to  the 
Legislature  of  Massachusetts,  relative  to  arms  loaned  to 
Rhode  Island,  Sept.  1842. 

8vo.  pp.  18.         Mass.  Senate.  Doc.  M.  7(3,  September.  1842. 

Declaration.  Leonard  Wakefield  vs.  Knowles,  Vose  and 
Anthony. 

8vo.  pp.  12".  November  13.  1843. 

The  defendants  were  charged  witli  libel,  for  printing  in  the  Providence  Jour- 
nal "  the  following  scandalous  and  false  words  :"  "  The  President  has 
appointed  Leonard  Wakefield,  Dorr's  chaplain  at  Chepatchet,  postmaster 
at  Cumberland  Hill.  This  Wakefield,  as  our  readers  know,  was  one  of 
the  most  noisy  and  most  active  of  the  Socerinnity."  etc. 

A  Democratic  Catechism.  Containing  the  self-evident  and 
fundamental  principles  of  Democracy.  "  The  people  are 
sovereign." 

12mo.  pp.  20.  Providence.  B.  T.  Albro.  1846. 

Dorr,  Thomas  W.  Political  Frauds  exposed,  or  a  narra- 
tive of  the  proceedings  of  "  The  Junto  in  Providence," 
concerning  the  Senatorial  Question,  from  1833  to  1838. — 
By  Aristides. 

8vo.  pp.  24.  [Providence.  1838.] 


02  HIBLIOGUAPllT    OF 

CoxsTiTi'TiON  Of  1842-43.     Books  relatinc  to. 


Dork.  Report  of  the  trial  of  Tliomas  Wilson  Dorr,  for 
Treason  ;  including  the  testimony  at  length  ;  arguments  of 
counsel — the  charae  of  the  Cliief  Justice — the  motions 
and  arguments  for  a  new  trial,  and  an  arrest  of  judgment ; 
together  with  the  sentence  of  the  Court,  and  the  speech  of 
Mr.  Dorr  before  sentence.  From  notes  taken  before  the 
trial. 

8vo.  pp.  115.  Providence.  B.  F.  Moore.   1844. 

■     Report  of  the   trial  of  Thomas    Wilson   Dorr,   for 


treason  against  the  State  of  Rhode  Island  ;  containing  the 
arguments  of   coinisel,   and  the  charge  of  Chief  Justice 
Durfee. 
Svo.  pp.  181.  Boston.   Tapj^an  <|-  Dennett.  1844. 

The  following  are  the  contents  of  this  pamphlet : 

Preface, — Arraignment  of  the  Prisoner;  Impanneling  of  the  jury;  Challenge 
to  the  array  in  the  tliird  writ  of  venire ;  Xames  of  the  jurors  sworn ; 
Opening  of  Alfred  Bosworth,  Esq.,  for  the  prosecution  ;  Evidence  for  the 
Prosecution ;  Argument  of  Mr.  Bosworth  upon  the  evidence  ;  Opening  of 
George  Turner,  Esq.,  for  the  defence ;  Evidence  for  tlie  defence ;  Argu- 
ment of  Jlr.  Turner  on  the  Question  of  Treason  against  a  State  ;  Reply 
of  Mr.  Bosworth ;  Argument  of  Thomas  W.  Dorr,  in  close,  on  the  same 
question  ;  Closing  argument  of  JIj\  Turner  upon  tlie  evidence  ;  Closing 
argument  of  Thomas  W.  Dorr;  Closing  argument  of  Joseph  M.  Blake, 
Esq.,  Attorney  General ;  Charge  to  the  jury  by  Chief  Justice  Durfee. 

The  case  of  Thomas  W.  Dorr  explained.     [By  Geo. 

Turner,  counsel  of  Gov.  Dorr.] 

Svo.  pp.  11.  No  date. 

jNIerits  of  Tliomas  W.  Dorr  and  George  Bancroft,  as 

they  are  politically  connected.     By  a  citizen  of  Massachu- 
setts,    [Geo.  Ticknor  Curtis.] 

8vo.  pp.  36.  Boston.  John  H.  Eastburn.  1844. 

The  same.     Second  edition,  with  an  appendix. 


8vo.  pp.  41.  Boston.     John  II.  Eastburn.  1844. 

The  Dokkivd  ;  Or  the  Hero  of  the  Two  Flights.     [A  Poem.] 
12mo.  pp.  12.  Boston.  Justin  Jones.  1842. 

DoiiKiAN.\.      Prospectus  of  a  new  and  highly  interesting  work 
in  two  volumes,  to  be  published  in  "The  only  Democratic 


KIIODli      ISLAND.  >*3 

Constitution  of  18-12-43.     Books  relating  to. 

City,"  as  soon  as  a  sufficient  number  of  subscribers  can  be 
obtained  to  warrant  the  undertaking.  The  work  will  be 
entitled  Dokr-iaxna,  or  a  logical,  historical,  tragical,  magic- 
al, sympathetical,  and  democratical  account  of  the  late  glori- 
ous Revolution  in  Rliode  Island  ;  containing  a  true  and  com- 
plete history  of  all  the  sayings,  doings,  adventures  and  bril- 
liant achievements  of  His  Excellency,  Thomas  Wilson  Dorr, 
Governor  and  Commander-in-Chief  of  Rhode  Island  and 
Providence  Plantations.     By  a  Sympathizer. 

Ito.  i)p.  1.  Providence.  Jane  17,  1812. 

Daw's  Doings,  or  the  History  of  the  late  war  in  the  Planta- 
tions. By  Sampson  Short-and-fat,  author  of  Quozziana- 
With  wood  cuts. 

12mo.  pp.  68.         Bodon.    Wm.  White  .f  H.  P.  Lewis.  1842. 

Duff.     Petition  of  Henry  J.  Dutf  and  otliersfor  an  alteration 

of  the  State  Constitution,  May,  A.  D.  184G. 
8vo.  pp.  4.  [1846.] 

DuKFEE.  Charge  of  Chief  Justice  Durfee,  dehvcred  to  the 
Grand  .Jury  at  Bristol,  1842.  Published  by  request  of  the 
Grand  Jury. 

8vo.  pp.  16.  Providettce.  1842. 

Evans,  Eastwick.  Essay  on  State  Rights.  The  object 
of  which  is  to  define  and  illustrate  the  spirit  of  our  institu- 
tions and  of  liberty,  and  to  renovate  our  political  elements. 

8vo.  pp.  40.  WasJiingfon.  1844. 

The  Eventful  Day,  in  the  Rhode  Island  Rebellion.  A 
poem.     By  a  Looker  on. 

12mo.  pp.  12.  Providence.  H.  H.  Brown.  1842. 

Facts  involved  in  the  Rhode  Island  Controversy,  with  some 
views  upon  the  rights  of  both  parties. 

8vo.  pp.  43.  Boston.  B.  B.  Mussey.  1842. 

Facts  for  the  people  ;  containing  a  comparison  and  exposition 
of  votes  on  occasions  relating  to  the  Free  Suffrage  move- 
ment in  Rliode  Island. 

12mo.  pp.  12.  Providence.  Knoivles  <j-  Vose.  1842. 


94  BIBLIOGRAPHY    OF 

CoNSTiTUTiox  Of  IS-li-iS.     Books  relating  to. 


GouDARD,  William  G.  An  address  to  the  people  of  Rhode 
Island,  delivered  in  Newport,  May  3,  18-t3,  in  presence  of 
the  General  Assembly,  on  the  occasion  of  a  change  in  the 
Civil  Government  of  Rliode  Island,  by  the  adoption  of  the 
constitution  which  superseded  the  charter  of  IG60. 

8vo.  pp.  80.  Providence.  Knoivles  jf  Vose.  1843. 

*     This   is  a   pamplilft  of  great  liistorical   value,  on  account  of  the  numerous 
notes  ajjpenileJ  to  it. 

GooDELL,  Willi AAi.  The  rights  and  the  wrongs  of  Rhode 
Island  ;  comprising  views  of  liberty  and  law,  of  religion 
and  rights,  as  exiiibited  in  the  recent  and  exciting  dithcultics 
in  that  State. 

8vo.  pp.  120.  Press  of  Oneida  Institute,  JV.  Y.  1842. 

(From  the  Cliristian  Investigator,  Xo.  8,  Whitesboro,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  1842.) 

'  Gray,  Francis  C.     Oration  before  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa  Soci- 
ety of  Brown  University,  Ti'ovidence,  R.  I.,  on  Commence- 
ment day,  Sept.  7,  1842. 
8vo.  pp.  40.  Providence.  B.  Cranston  \j-  Co.  1842. 

Hallett,  Bexjamix  F.  The  right  of  the  people  to  establish 
forms  of  government.  Mr.  Hallett's  argument  in  the 
Rhode  Island  Causes  before  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  Uni- 
ted States,  January,  1848.  No.  14,  Martin  Luther  vs. 
Luther  M.  Borden  and  others.  No.  77,  Rachel  Luther  vs. 
the  same. 

8vo.  pp.  71.  Boston.  Beals  jf  Greene.  1848. 

Kexxedy,  Mr.,  of  Indiana,  speech  of,  on  the  resolution  author- 
izing the  committee  on  the  Rhode  Island  controversy  to 
send  for  persons  and  papers.  Delivered  in  the  House  of 
Representatives,  March  13,  1844. 

8vo.  pp.  7.  Washington.   Globe  Office.  1844. 

Kexyox,  Archibald.  The  object  and  principles  of  Civil 
Government,  and  the  duty  of  Christians  thereto.  Being  a 
discourse  preached  before  the  West  Baptist  Church  and 
Society,  August  14,  1842. 

8vo.  pp.  11.  Providence.  B.  T.  Albro.  1842. 


KIIODE    ISLAND.  9.) 

CoNSTiTrTioN  OF  1842-43.     13ooks  relating  to. 

KixG,  Gov.  Samuki.  Ward.  Message  to  tlie  General  Assem- 
l)ly,  April  Session,  1842,  relative  to  the  proceedings  of  the 
insurrectionists,  transmitting  n  letter  from  President  Tvler, 
dated  April  11,  1842. 

In  the  Schedule.  1842. 

Lktter  to  the  Hon.   James  F.  Simmons.     By  a  Rhode  Island 

Conservative. 
Svo.  pp.  8.  Providence.  1845. 

Lktteus  of  the  Hon.  C.  F.  Cleveland  and  the  Hon.  Henry 
Hubbard,  Governors  of  Connecticut  and  New  Hampshire, 
to  Samuel  Ward  King,  the  Charter  Governor  of  Rhode 
Island,  refusing  to  deliver  up  Thomas  Wilson  Dorr,  the 
Constitutional  Governor  of  said  State,  to  the  usur])ing 
authorities  thereof.  Also  letters  of  the  Hon.  Marcus  JMor- 
ton,  [James  Buchanan  and  Martin  Van  Buren,]  to  the 
Suffrage  Clam-bake  at  Medbury  Grove,  Seekonk,  Mass., 
August  30,  1842. 

8vo.  pp.  17.  (double  col's.)   Fall  River.  Thomas  Almy.  1842. 

Luther  vs.  Borden.  Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States, 
No.  124.  Martin  Luther,  Plaintift'  in  error,  vs.  Luther  M. 
Borden  et  al.,  in  error  to  the  Circuit  Court  of  the  United 
States  for  the  district  of  Rhode  Island. 

8vo.  pp.  149.  Washington.  J.  <f  G.  S.  Gideon.   [1844.] 

In  thePlaintiflr's  sclieiiule  are  the  following  p.apers  : 

Proceedings  of  Convention,  May  2'.!,  IT'JO,  page  38 

Keport  of  Committee  on  Suffrage,  June  session,  1829,  3!) 

Kesolutions  of  General  Assembly,  January  session,  18il  66 

Petition  of  E.  Dillingham  and  others,  G7 

Declaration  of  principles  of  the  Suffrage  Association,  1841,  68 

Resolutions  of  the  Mass  Convention  in  Newport,  60 

Resolutions  of  the  Mass  Convention  at  Providence,  July  4, 1841,  72 

Resolutions  of  the  General  Assembly,  May  session,  1841,  74 
Act  of  General  Assembly,  calling  convention  rejected,  May  7,  1841,      75 

Minority  report  on  said  act,  by  S.  V.  Atwell,  77 

Proceedings  of  House  of  Representatives,  relative  to  said  act,  77 

A  call  to  tlie  people  to  assemble  in  convention,  July  21,  1841,  78 

Address  of  State  Committee,  May  5,  1841,  81 

People's  Constitution  adopted,  December,  1841,  89 


96  BIBLIOGRAPHY    OF 

Constitution  of  1842-43.     Books  relating  to. 

Copy  from  Records,  House  of  Eepresentatives,  Janiuirj'  session, 

1842,  l'.ige  lOG 

Journal  of  the  Senate  under  the  People's  Constitution,  112 

Journal  of  the  House  of  Representatives,  under  ditto,  116 

Acts  passed  under  the  People's  Constitution,  131 

Table  of  Population,  140 

Certificate  of  the  number  of  votes  polled  for  ten  years  past,  etc.  141 

Certificate  containing  act  establishing  martial  law,  141 

Actof  General  Assembly,  calUng convention,  June  session,  1842,  141 

Copy  of  Records  of  House  of  Representatives,  March  session,  1842,  144 

Proclaraation  from  the  I'residentof  the  People's  Convention,  144 

Memorial  of  the  Democratic  members  of  the  Rhode  Island 
Legislature,  pi'otesting  against  the  course  pursued  by  the 
President,  during  the  late  dilHcullies,  and  requesting  the 
House  of  Representatives  to  make  certain  specified  enqui- 
ries in  relation  thereto,  Feb.  19,  1844. 

8vo.  i^p.  4.  -IWi  Con.  1st  Sess.  House  Bep,  Doc.  iVo.  136. 1844. 

McClernand,  Mr.  of  Illihois,  speech  of,  on  the  resolution 
reported  by  the  Select  Committee  on  the  Rhode  Island  con- 
troversy. Delivered  in  the  House  of  Representatives, 
March  19,  1 844. 

Svo.  pp.  8.  Wasldngton.  1844. 

McKenzie.  a  Discourse  against  Life-taking.  Delivered  by 
request,  before  the  Rhode  Island  Quarterly  INIeeting,  in 
Tiverton,  August  24,  1842.  By  James  A.  McKenzie, 
Pastor  of  Roger  Williams  Baptist  Church,  Providence. 

Svo.  pp.  23^      Providence.  J.  Whittemore  J-  BatcJieUer.  1842. 

Might  and  Right.     By  a  Rhode  Islander,  with  portrait  of 

Thomas  W.  Dorr. 
12mo.  pp.  324.  Providence.  A.  II.  StillwcU.  1844. 

Peet,  Rev.  Edward  \V.  A  sermon  on  the  occasion  of  Pub- 
lic Thanksgiving,  for  the  happy  termination  of  the  late 
civil  dissentions  in  Rhode  Island.  Delivered  in  Grace 
.  Church,  Providence,  July  21,  1842. 

Svo.  pp.  10.  Providence.  Isaac  H.  Cadi/.  1842. 

Pitman,  .Tohn.     A  rej)ly  to  the  letter  of  the   Hon.   INIarcus 


KHODE    ISLAND.  97 

CoxsTiTUTiox  OF  1842-43.     Books  relating;  to. 


Morton,  late   Governor  of  Massachusetts,  on  the   Khocle 
Island  question.     By  one  of  the  Rhode  Island  people. 
8vo.  i)p.  o2.  Providence.  Knoivles  tf-  Vose.  1842. 

PoTiF.R,  Hox.  Elisha  R.  Considerations  on  the  questions  of 
tlic  adoption  of  a  Constitution  and  extension  of  Suffrage  in 
Rhode  Island. 

8vo.  pp,  64.  Boston.   Tliomas  H.  Webb  .j-  Co.  1842. 

Speech  of,  on  the  memorial  of  the  Democratic  mem- 
bers of  the  Legislature  of  Rhode  Island,  Delivered  in  the 
House  of  Representatives,  March  7th,  9th,  and  12th,  1 844. 

8vo.  pp.  13.  WasJdngton.   Globe  Office.  1844. 

Potter,  *J.  B.  M.  Oration  delivered  at  Kingston,  R.  I.,  July 
4,  1843.  ■ 

8vo.  pp.  24.  Bostoti.  Thomas  H.   WeU  ^-  Co.  1843. 

Proceedixgs  in  the  Rhode  Island  Legislature,  on  sundry  reso- 
lutions of  the  State  of  Maine. 

8vo.  pp.  27.  Providence.  Knowles  ^-  Vose.  1845. 

Proceedixgs  of  the  cit  zens  of  East  Greenwich  and  vicinity  on 
the  return  of  the  Kentish  Guards  and  volunteers,  Friday, 
July  1, 1842  ;  after  the  suppression  of  the  late  rebellion  in 
this  State ;  with  an  address  by  the  Rev.  S.  A.  Crane. 

8vo.  pp.  12.  Providence.  B.  F.  3Ioore.  1842. 

Protest  of  the  Lenjislature  of  Rhode  Island  against  the  right 
of  the  Congress  of  the  United  States,  to  decide  or  enquire 
into  the  question  whether  the  constitution  of  the  State, 
legally,  peaceably,  and  freely  adopted  by  the  people  thereof, 
in  November,  1842,  s,  or  is  not,  the  lawfol  constitution  of 
the  State. 

8vo.  pp.  6.  28th  Con.  1st  Sess.  House  Rep.  Doc.  No.  232.  1844. 

Protest  axd  Declaration  of  the  State  of  Rhode  Island  and 
Providence  Plantations  against  any  interference  by  the 
Congress,  or  by  the  House  of  Representatives  of  tne  Con- 
gress of  the  United  States,  with  the  internal  government 
and  constitution  of  said  State. 

4to.  pp.  3.  [Providence.  March.  1844.] 


98  niin.KxntAPiiY  ok 

CoNSTiTUTiox  of'  184:2-43.     Books  relatin2  to. 


Protest  of  tlic  minority  of  tlie  members  of  the  Legislature  of 
Khode  Island  against  the  protest  and  declaration  of  the 
majority  of  the  same  Legislature,  April  IG,  1844. 

Svo.  pp.  4.  -ISfh  Con.  1st  S'ess.  House  BrjK  Doc.  No.  233.  1844. 

IIandall,  Dkxtkr.     Deraocraoy  vindicated,  and  Dorrism  un 

veiled. 
8vo.  pp.  100.  Providmce.  II.  II.   Broun.  184G. 

Rathbukn,  j\Ih.,  of  New  York,  speech  of,  on  the  resolution 
authorizing  the  committee  on  the  Rhode  Island  controversy 
to  send  for  persons  and  papers.  Delivered  in  the  House  of 
Representatives,  March  9,  1844. 

8vo.  pp.  8.  Washington.    Globe  Office.  1844. 

The  Recext  Contest  in  Rhode  Island  ;  an  article  from  the 

North  American  Review,  for  April,  1844. 
8vo.  pp.  69.  BiMon.   0th,  Brooders  jf  Co.  1844. 

A  Reply  to  the  letter  of  the  Hon.  Marcus  Morton,  late  Gov- 
ernor of  Massachusetts,  on  the  Rhode  Island  Question. 
By  one  of  the  Rhode  Island  people. 

8vo.  pp.  32.  Providence.  Knoules  ^f-  Vose.  1842. 

Report  of  a  committee  of  the  Massachusetts  Legislature,  con- 
cerning the  loan  of  arms  by  the  Adjutant  General,  [to 
Rhodt^sland,]  Feb.  8,  1843. 

8vo.  pp.  37.  Mass.  House  of  Reps.  Hoc.  Xn.  24.  1843. 

Report  of  a  joint  special  committee,  relative  to  Wm.  T.  Olney, 
[on  complaint  of  being  forcibly  taken  from  his  home  in 
jMassachusetts  to  Bristol,  R.  I.,  where  he  was  confined  in 
jail.]  Feb.  1843. 

8vo.  pp.  10.  il/ass.  House  of  Reps.  Hoc.  No.  93.  1843. 

Report  of  the  committee  on  the  action  of  the  General 
Assembly  of  Rhode  Island,  on  the  subject  of  the  Constitu- 
tion. [By  the  Hon.  R.  K.  Randolph.]  ^Vitll  an  act  in 
relation  to  offences  against  the  sovereign  power  of  the 
State. 

8vo.  pp.  15.  Schedule.  March  Session.  1842. 


lUIODK     ISLAND.  99 

CoNSTiTi'TioN  OF  1842— 4o.     Books  relating  to. 

Rhode  Island  Memoiual.  Report  of  Mr.  Caiisiii,  from  tlie 
minority  of  the  select  committoe,  on  the  memorial  of  the 
Democratic  members  of  the  Rhode  Island  Legislature,  and 
other  docnments  connected  with  the  snhjcct,  dissenting  from 
the  views  of  the  majority  of  said  committee. 

8vo.  pp.  172.  Doc.  Home  of  Reps.  28th  Con.  1st  sessmi. 

Report  No.  581.  June.  1844. 

Schedule  of  di)cuiiients  appeiuli'il  to  tliis  report : 

No.     1.     Cliarter  of  Cluirles  tlio  Second,  KiSo,  page  41 

2.     Proceedings  of  the  people  accepting  it,  50 

o.    Act  of  1003,  regulating  voting,  o'i 

4.  Act  of  1005,  requiring  voters  to  be  of  competent  estates  53 

5.  Act  of  1000-7,  regulating  the  admission  of  freemen,  53 
0  to  10.     Acts  1723-172J-l'J-40  and  0,),  fixing  qualification,  54 

11.  Act  renouncing  allegiance  to  the   King  of  Great   Britain, 

passed  at  the  May  session  of  the  General  Assembly,  of 

llhode  Island,  1770,  50 

12.  Proceedings  of  the  Assembly  ratifying   tlie  Declaration  of 

Independence,  .luly,  1770,  57 

13.  Art  of  Assembly,  Feb.  1778,  ratifying  articles  of  confedera- 

tion, 58 
11.     Act  of  178'.l,  calling  a  convention  to  consider   the   Constitu- 
tion of  the  United  States,  59 
15.    Proceedings  of  the  above-named  convention,  60 
10.     Act  of  17'J8,  regulating  voting;  fixes  qualification  at  §134,  05 

17.  Bill  exien  ling  suffrage,  passed  by  the  Senate  in  1811,  65 

18.  Act  of  Assembly,  1821,  for  calling  a  convention  to  form  a 

constitution,  with  the  votes  thereon,  60 

19.  Act  of  Assembly,  1822,  for  calling  a  convention  to  form  a 

constitution,  with  the  votes  thereon,  67 

20.  Act  of  1824,  calling  a  convention.     The  convention  formed  a 

constitution  which  was  rejected  by  the  people,  68 

21.  Act  of  1834,  calling  a  convention.    This  convention  dissolved 

without  completing  a  constitution,  69 

22.  Act  of  Assembly,  January,  1841,  calling  a  convention,  70 

23.  Act  of  May,  1841,  apportioning  delegates  to  convention,  71 

24.  Constitution  adopted    by   the    meeting   denominated    the 

"People's  Convention," December,  1841,  71 

25.  Communication  from   the  "  People's    Convention,"  to   the 

Legislature,  Janu.iry,  1842,  88 

20.  Act  of  January,  1842,  extending  the  right  of  voting  upon 
the  constitution  framed  by  the  legal  convention,  to  all 
who  might  be  admitted  to  vote  under  it,  "J2 

27.    Eesolutions  passed  by  the  Legislature  of  Rhode  Island,  January 


100  HIBLIOGRATHY    OF 


CoxsTiTUTiox  OF  1842-43.     Books  relating  to. 


1842,  couJcmning  the  proceeJiugs  of  the  "People's 
Convention,"  as  revolutionaiy,  92 

28.  Resohitious  of  the  Rhode  Island  Suffrage  Association,  Jan. 

1842,  declaring  their  intention  to  support  the  "People's 
Constitution"  by  force,  93 

29.  Constitution  framed  by  the  legal  convention  which  assem- 

bled in  November,  1841,  and  finally  adjourned,  Feb. 
1842, commonly  called  the  "Landholders'  Constitution." 
EequireJ  residence  only  to  vote.    Rejected  by  the  people 
in  March,  1842.    Report  of  the  vote  appended,  94 

30.  Report  of  committee  of  the  Legislature,  March,  1842,  with 

resolutions,  and  an  act  passed  at  that  session,  sometimes 

called  the  "  Algerine  Act,"  107 

31.  Law  of  Rhode  Island,  defining  and  pmiishing  treason,  1838,  117 

32.  Law  for  punishing  treason  in  Virginia,  117 
83.     Proclamation  of  Governor  King,  April,  4,  1842,  118 

34.  Statement  made  by  Messrs.  Whipple,  Prancis  and  Potter,  to 

tlie  Presidentof  the  United  States,  April,  1842,  119 

35.  The  President's  letter  in  reply,  122 

36.  Letter  from  the  Hon.  John  Whipple  to  Gov.  King,  124 

37.  President  Tyler's  second  letter  to  Gov.  King,  May,  1842,  125 

38.  Act  of  June,  1842,  calling  a  new  convention,  126 
39..  Act  of  October,  1842,  explaining  an  ambiguity  in  act  of  June,  128 

40.  Constitution  framed  by  the  convention  called  under  tlie  act. 

No.  38,  which  met  at  Newport,  Sept.  1842,  and  complet- 
ed its  labors  at  East  Greenwich,  Nov.  1842.  Adopted 
by  the  people  in  November,  1842,  and  now  in  force,  129 

41.  Resolutions  of  the  Legislature  for  discontinuing  tlie  prosecu- 

tions on  account  of  the  late  insurrection,  and  for  releas- 
ing military  fines,  etc.,  143 

42.  Table  of  population  and  of  votes  of  the  people  on  several 

occasions,  within  tlie  last  five  years,  145 

43.  Chief  Justice  Durfee's  charge  to  the   Grand  Jury,  at  the 

Supreme  Court  at  Bristol,  March,  1842,  146 

44.  Report  of  the  case,  Luther  vs.  Borden,  157 

45.  Protest  of  the  Legislature  of  Rhode  Island,  against  the  inter- 

ference of  Congress  in  the  internal  atiiiirs  of  that  State.  107 

See,  also,  Mr.  E.  R.  Potter's  speech,  Mr.  Rathbun's  speech,  Mr.  C.  B. 
Smith's  speech,  Mr.  McClernand's  speech;  Protest  and  Declaration;  Con- 
stitution; Message  of  Gov.  Fenner ;  and  President  Tyler's  message. 

Sherman.  Report  of  the  Committee  on  the  petition  of  Henry 
J.  Duff  and  others.  By  Sylvester  G.  Sherman,  Esq., 
chairman  of  tiio  (committee.  Made  to  the  House  of  Rep- 
resentatives of  tlic  Legislature  of  Rhode  Island,  at  the 
January  session,  1847. 

8vo.  pp.  IG.  Providence.  M.  B  .Youiiij.  1847. 


KHODE      ISLAND.  101 

Constitution  of  1842-43.     Books  relating  to. 

Siege  of  Chepachet.     [A  poem.] 

8vo.  pp.  8.  JYo  date. 

"This  book  is  deJicateJ  to  the  tliree-tail  Bashaw  of  Tripoli,  and  all  the  Bar- 
bary  powers.    By  Koger  Dogherty,  alias  Peter  Madicanscutter." 

Smith,  Hon.  C.  B.,  of  Indiana.  Speecli  of,  on  tlie  memorial 
of  the  "  Democratic  members'"  of  the  Legislature  of  Rhode 
Island.  Delivered  in  the  House  of  Representatives  of  the 
U.  S.,  March  14,  1844. 

8vo.  pp.  16.  Washington,  Standard  Office.  1844. 

Statement  submitted  by  Messrs.  John  Whipple,  John.  B. 
Francis  and  E.  R.  Potter,  to  the  President  of  the  United 
States,  relative  to  the  affairs  of  Rhode  Island.  President 
Tyler's  reply  to  Governor  King ;  and  letter  from  Mr. 
Whipple  to  Gov.  King. 

8vo.  pp.  8.  1842, 

Stetson,  Mr.,  of  New  York.  Speech  of,  touching  tlie  opinions 
of  Mr.  Van  Buren  on  the  right  of  suffrage,  in  reply  to 
Mr.  Caleb  B.  Smith.  Delivered  in  the  House  of  Repre- 
sentatives, March  20,  1844. 

8vo.  pp.  8.  Washington.   GMe   Office.  1844. 

Story.  Charge  of  Mr.  Justice  Story  on  the  Law  of  Treason, 
delivered  to  the  Grand  Jury  of  the  Circuit  Court  of  the 
United  States,  holden  at  Newport,  for  the  Rhode  Island 
District,  June  15,  1842.  Published  at  the  request  of  the 
Grand  Jury  and  the  Rhode  Island  Bar. 

8vo.  pp.  8.  Providence.  H.  H.  Brown.  1842. 

SuFFEAGE.  An  address  to  the  citizens  of  Rhode  Island,  who 
are  denied  the  right  of  Suffrage.  (Periodical  of  the  So- 
cial Reform  Society,  No.  3.) 

12mo.  pp.  8.  New  York.  1840. 

Preamble  and  Constitution  of  the  Rhode  Island  Suff- 
rage Association,  adopted  Friday  evening,  March  27,  1840. 

12mo.  pp.  9.  Providence.   B.  T.  Albro.  1840. 

The  formation  of  this  Association  was  the  beginning  of  the  great  movement 
for  the  extension  of  Sufl'rage  .and  formation  of  a  Constitution  in  Rhode 
Island.     It  was  drawn  \ip  by  Jacob  Frieze. 


102  BIBLIOGRAPHY    OF 

CoNSTiTUTiox  OF  1842-43.     Books  relating  to. 


The  Banner  of  Freedom ;    a  collection  of   patriotic 

soncs,  original  and  selected,  designed  for  the  Rhode  Island 
Suflrage  Association.     Edited  by  Miss  Ann  Page. 

12mo.  pp.  24.  Providence.  S.  31.  Millard  cj-    Co.  1841. 

•     Popular    Liberty    and   Equal    Rights.      An    oration 

delivered  before  the  mass  convention,  of  the  Rhode  Island 
Suffrage  Association,  held  on  the  Dexter  training  ground, 
in  Providence,  July  5th,  1841.     By  Wm.  S.  Balch. 

12mo.  pp.  23.  Providence.   B.  F.  Moore.  1841. 

Considerations   on  the  question  of  the  adoption  of  a 

Constitution,  and  extension  of  suffrage  in  Rhode  Island. 
By  Elisha  R.  Potter. 

8vo.  pp.  04.  Boston.   T.  H.  Webb  ^  Co.  1842. 

Address  on  the  right  of  Free  Suffrage.     See  Luther. 


o 


[Address]  to  the  Members  of  the  General   Assembly 

of  Rhode  Island. 

8vo.  pp.  24.  ■  [iVo  date.^ 

Relates  to  the  Sufii-age  question,  and  attributed  to  tlie  Hon.  Jolin  Pitman. 

Facts  for  the  people :    containing  a  comparison  and 

exposition  of  votes   on  occasions    relating   to  the  free  suf- 
frage movements  in  Rhode  Island. 

8vo.  pp.  12.  Providence.  Knoivles  ^    Vose.  1842. 

Attributed  to  Jacob  Frieze. 

A  concise  historv  of  the   efforts  to  obtain  an  exten- 


sion of  suffrage  in   Rhode  Island,  from  the  year  1811  to 
1842.     By  Jacob  Frieze. 
12mo.  pp.  171  Providence.  B.  F.  Moore.  1842. 

Report  of  the  Committee  on  the  subject  of  an  exten- 


sion of  Suffrage.     Signed,  B.  Hazard. 
Svo.  pp.  26.         '  R.  I.  Schedule.  June  Session.  1829. 

Tiie  Garland  of  Gratitude ;    respectfully  dedicated 

to  the  Constitutional  Suffrage  Ladies  of  Rhode  Island. 
Svo.  pp.  12.  Providence.  1842. 


KHOOE    ISLA^M).  108 

Constitution  of  1842-43.     Books  relatincr  to. 

TiiEADWELL,  Francis  C,  counsellor  at  law.     Treason  defined. 
12mo.  pp.  JSfew  York.  Peoples  Rights  Office.  1844. 

Tucker,  Mark,  D.  D.    A  discourse  preached  on  Thanksgiving 
Day,   in  the    Beneficent    Congregational    Meeting  House 
Providence,  July  21,  1842.     Published  by  Request. 

Svo.  pp.  16.  Providence.  B.  F.  Moore.  1842. 

United  States  Tkoops  in  Rhode  Island.  Message  from 
the  President  of  the  United  States,  [John  Tyler]  in 
answer  to  a  resolution  of  the  House  of  Representatives, 
relative  to  tlie  employment  of  the  United  States  Troops  in 
Rhode  Island,  and  transmitting  documents  in  relation  to 
the  recent  difficulties  in  that  State,  April  10,  1844. 

Svo.  pp.  179. 

28<A,  Cotnj.  1st  Sess.  H.  of  Rep.  Doc.  No.  225.  1844. 

The  following  documents  accompany  the  message  : 


No.      1. 


AffiJavit  of  Samuel  'Currey  relative  to   the  arming  the  suffrage 
men. 

2.  Kcsolution  of  tlie  Suffrage  party   in  Cumherland,  to  be  ready  at  a 

moment's  warning,  to  carry  into  effect  the  "  People's  Constitu- 
tion. 

3.  Letter  from  Governor  King  to  the  President  of  tlie   United   States. 

4.  Letter  from  President  Tyler  in  reply. 

5.  Letter  from  Henry  Bowen,  Secretary  of  State   of  Kliode  Island, 

transmitting  affidavits  of  Messrs.  Stoddard,  Hoppin,  Currey, 
Frieze,  Kobinson  and  Wilkinson. 

6.  Letter  from  John  Whipple  to  the  President,  asking  an  audience  for 

tlie  committee  appoinled  by  Gov.  King  to  wait  on  him. 

7.  Statement  of  the  Rhode  Island  committee,  of  the  political  condition 

of  the  State  of  Rliode  Island,  April  10,  1842. 

8.  Letter  from   Gov.  King  to  tJie  President,  May  4,  1842,  witli  resolu- 

tions of  the  General  Assembly  of  R.  I.,  as  to  the  insurrectionary 
movements  in  that  St.ate,  and  calling  for  his  interference. 

9.  The  President's  reply  to  Governor  King,  May  7,  1842. 

10.  "  Letter  from  Thomas  W.  Uorr,  insurgent  Governor  of  R.  I.  to  the 

President,  transmitting  resolutions  of  the  insurgent  Assembly  of 
Rliode  Island,  that  the  President  of  the  United  States  and  Con. 
gress  be  informed  that  the  Government  and  Assembly  were 
elected,  and  the  latter  in  session." 

11.  "  Letter  from  tlie  President  of  the  United  States  to  tlic  Governor  of 

Rhode  Island,  ( private  and  confidential,)  Jlay  9,  1842  ;  giving 
his  views  of  the  policy  to  be  pursued  by  tlie  Government  of 
Rhode  Island  toward.s  the  insurgents. 


104  HIKI.IOGKAPHY    OF 

CoxsTiTUTiux  OF  1842-43.     Books  relating  to. 

12.  The  Governor  of  Rliode  IslanJ  to  the  President  in  reply,  May  12, 

1842. 

13.  Letter  frora  E.  R.  Potter,   to   the  President  of  tlie  United  Slates, 

May,  IS,  1842. 

14.  The  President  in  reply  to  Mr.  Potter,  May  20,  1842. 

15.  Letter  from  Thomas  A.  Jenckes,  private  Secretary  to  Gov.  King, 

transmitting  Gov.   Dorr's  proclamation   to  the  people  of  Rhode 
Island. 
IC.     Letter  from  Gov.  King  to  the  President,  stating  that  Dorr,  since  his 
flight,  is  organizing  troops,  and  in  consequence  calls  for  military 
aid. 

17.  The  President's  reply  to  Gov.  King,  May  28,  1842. 

18.  Copies  of  letters  of  the  Secretary  of  War  to  Col.  Bankhead  and 

Gen.  Eustes,  and  of  the  President's  instructions ;  also  of  the 
President's  directions  to  the  Secretary  of  War  to  proceed  to 
Rhode  Island. 

19.  Letter  from  Daniel  Wehster  to  the  President,  with  a  report  in  rela- 

tion to  the  state  of  affairs  in  Rhode  Island,  June  3,   1842. 

20.  From  Col.  Bankhead  to  the  Secretary  of  War — reports  the  cxjiectcd 

invasion  of  Rhode  Island  by  Dorr  in  great  force,  &c.,  &c. 

21.  From  E.  J.  Mallett  to  Postmaster  General,  conSrming  rumor  that  48 

kegs  of  gunpowder  had  been  stolen  by  tlie  insurgents  from  a 
powder  house. 

22.  From  Thomas  M.  Burgess  to  the  President,  relative  to  the  proceedings 

of  the  insurgents. 

23.  The  President's  reply  to  Mr.  Burgess. 

21.     The  .iffidavits  of  Messrs.   Peckham,   Harris,  Shelley  and  Keep,  in 
relation  to  the  insurgents. 

25.  From  Adjutant  Townsend,  stating  tliat  Col.  Bankhead  had  returned 

to  New  York. 

26.  From  Col.  Bankhead  to  the  Secretary  of  War — reports  that  he  has 

had  .an  interview  with  Gov.  King.  He  had  returned  to  Provi- 
dence. 

27.  From  Col.  Bankhead,  to  Adj.  Gen.  Jones. 

28.  From  ditto        to  ditto  in  relation    to  Dorr's   mili- 

tary force. 

29.  From  Messrs.  Simmons,  Sprague  and  Tillinghast,  to  the  President  of 

the  United  States,  June  27,  1842,  on  the  state  tf  affairs  in  Kh.ode 
Island.  • 

30.  From   the  President  to   the   Secretary  of  War,  instructing  him  to 

publislia  proclamation  and  other  duties,  in  case  of  a  requisition 
being  m.tde  for  the  power  and  force  of  the  United  Stales. 

31.  Extracts  from  letters   of  the   lion.  E.  R.   Poller,  and    from   the 

President  in  reply, 

32.  From  Wm.  II.  Smith  and  John  S.  Harris,  Secretaries  of  the  People's 

Convention,  transmitting  to  the  Governor  of  Rhode  Island  the 
People's  Constitution. 


RHODE      ISLAM).  105 

CoxsTiTUTiox  01'  1842-43.     Books  relatinii  to. 


33.     Depositions  of  Charles  Martin,  J.  F.  Pond  and  Wm.  S.  Slater,  rein, 
live  to  the  movements  of  the  insurgents. 
31.     Military  orders,  through   General  Scott,  from  April  11  to  June  11, 
lsi:i. 

Views  of  the  Society  of  Friemls  in  relation  to  (livil  Govern- 
ment. 
l'2mo.  pp.  It).  Providence.  Joseph  Knowles.  1850. 

ViXTox.  Loyalty  and  Piety ;  or  the  Christian's  civil  obliga- 
tions defined.  A  discoui'se  preached  in  Trinity  Church, 
New])ort,  \\.  I.  By  Francis  Vinton,  Rector,  on  Thiu'sday, 
July  21,  1842.     The  day  of  public  thanksgiving. 

8vo.  pp.  23.  Providence.  Burnett  if-  King.  1842. 

Waylasd,  Fuancis.  The  affairs  of  Rhode  Island.  A  dis- 
course delivered  in  the  meeting-house  of  the  First  Baptist 
Church,  Providence,  May  22,  1842.     (1st  &  2d  editions.) 

8vo.  pp.  32.  Providence.  B.  Cranston  tf-  Co.  1842. 

"  The  affairs  of  Rhode  Island."     Being  a  review  of 

Dr.  Wayland's  "Discourse,"  a  vindication  of  the  sov- 
ereignty of  the  people,  and  a  refutation  of  the  doctrines 
and  doctors  of  Despotism.      By  a  member  of  the  Boston  Bar. 

8vo.  pp.  30.  Boston.  B.  B.  MmSey.  1842. 

This  review  is  attrihuted  to  John  A.    Bolles,  Esq. 

A  Discourse  delivered  in  the  First  Baj)tist    Church, 

Providence,  R.  I.,  on  the  davof  Public  Thanksgiving,  July 

21,  1842. 

8vo.  pp.  31.  Providence.  H.  H.  Brown.  1842. 

Mr.  Webster's  argument  in  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  Uni- 
ted States,  in  the  case  of  Martin  Luther  vs.  Luther  M. 
Borden  and  others,  January  27th,  184S. 

8vo.  pp.  20.  ^  Washington.  1848. 

AVniprr.i:,  Joiix.     Address  of,  to  the  people  of  Rhode  Island 

on  the  approaching  election. 
8vo.  pp.  IG.  Providence.  Knowles  cj-  Vose.  1843. 

Whipple    axd    Weh.stek.      The   Rhode   Island    Question. 


106 


BIBLIOGRAPHY    OK 


Constitution  of  1842-43.     Books  relating  to. 

Arguments  of  Messrs.  Whipple  and  Webster,  in  the  case  of 
Martin  Luther,  Plaintiff  in  error,  vs.  Luther  M.  Borden 
and  others,  in  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States, 
January,  1848. 
8vo.  pp.  56.  Providence.    Charles  Burnett,  Jr.  1848. 

Note  to  the  Constitutions. — The  Convention  whicli  framed  the  People's 
Constitution,  met  in  Providence,  on  the  first  Monday  in  October,  1841, 
and  finally  completed  its  labors  on  the  18th  day  of  November  following. 
The  Constitution  was  submitted  to  the  people  of  the  State,  for  their  adopt- 
ion or  rejection,  on  the  27th  day  of  December,  to  be  voted  for  on  that 
and  the  five  succeeding  days.  The  vote,  as  returned,  was  13,941  in  favor 
of  the  Constitution,  and  56  against  it.  The  act  calling  the  Convention 
which  framed  the  Landholders'  Constitution,  was  passed  by  the  General 
Assembly,  at  its  January  session,  in  1841.  The  Convention  met  on  the 
first  Monday  of  November  following, — framed  a  Constitution,  and  submit- 
ted it  to  the  people  of  the  State,  for  their  adoption  or  rejection,  on  the 
21st,  22d,  and  23d  da.vs  of  March,  1842.  The  vote,  as  returned,  was 
8,013  in  favor  of  the  Constitution,  and  8,689  against  it.  Showing  a  majority 
of  676  votes  against  it.  It  vias  called  the  "  Landholders'  Constitution" 
from  the  fact  that  none  but  the  owner  of  real  estate  and  the  oldest  son  of 
such  landholder,  were  allowed  to  vote  in  the  election  of  delegates  to  the 
Convention  that  framed  it.  At  the  June  session  of  the  General  Assembly, 
1842,  an  act  was  p.assed,  calling  another  Convention  to  frame  a  Constltu. 
tion.  The  Convention  met  at  Newport,  on  the  second  Monday  in  Septem- 
ber, 1842,  and  framed  a  Constitution,  which  was  siubmitted  to  the  people 
of  the  State,  for  their  adoption  or  rejection,  on  the  21st,  22d,  and  2od  days 
of  November  following.  The  vote,  as  returned,  was  7,021  in  favor  of  the 
Constitution,  and  51  against  it.  Showing  a  majority  of  6,973  votes  in  its 
favor.  This  Constitution  is  the  present  supreme  law  of  the  State.  The 
"People's  Constitution"  party  took  no  part  in  the  question.  , 

Cotton  John.  The  Bloudy  Tenent,  washed  and  made 
white  in  the  Bloud  of  the  Lambe  ;  being  discussed  and 
discharged  of  Bloud  Guiltinesse  by  just  defence.  Wherein 
the  great  questions  of  the  present  time  are  handled,  viz: — 
How  farre  Liberty  of  Conscience  ought  to  be  given  to  those 
that  truly  feare  God?  And  how  farre  restrained  to  turbu- 
lent and  pestilent  persons,  that  not  only  raze  the  Founda- 
tion of  Godlinesse,  but  disturb  the  Civill  Peace  where  they 
live  ?  Also,  how  farre  the  Magistrate  may  proceed  in 
the  Duties  of  the  first  Table?  And  tliat  all  Magistrates 
ought  to  study  the  Word  and  Will  of  God,  that  they  may 
frame    their    Government  accordinrj    to  it.      Discussed  .as 


RHODE    ISLAND.  107 

they  are  alledged  from  divei-s   Scriptures,   out  of  the  Old 

and  New  Testament.     Wherein  also  the  practice  of  Princes 

is  debated,  together  with  the  Judgement  of  ancient  and  late 

writers  of  most  precious  esteeme.     Whereunto  is  added  a 

Reply  to  Mr.   Williams'  answer  to  Mr.   Cotton's  Letter. 

By  John  Cotton,    Batchelor  in  Divinity,  and   Teacher 

in  the  Church  of  Christ,  at  Boston,  in  New  England. 

Small  quarto,  pp.  195  and  Hi.     London.  Printed  by  Mathew 

Si/inmons,  for  Hannah  Allen,  at  the  Crowne  in 

Pope's  Head  Alley.  1647. 

For  a  reply  to  this  work,  see  Roger  Williams.  See  also  the  work  which  fol- 
lows this,  the  author  of  which  is  unknown. 

Wholesome  Severity  reconciled  with  Christian  Lib- 
erty, or  the  True  Resolution  of  a  present  Controversie 
concerning  Liberty  of  Conscience.  Here  you  have  the 
question  stated,  the  middle  way  betwixt  Popish  Tyrannie 
and  Schismatizing  Liberty  ;  approved  and  also  confirmed 
from  Scripture,  and  the  Testimonies  of  Divines,  yea,  of 
whole  Churches.  The  Chief  Arguments  and  Exceptions 
used  in  The  Bloudy  Tenent,  The  Compassionate  Samaritane 
M.  S.  to  A.  S.  &c.,  examined.  Eight  distinctions  added  for 
qualifying  and  clearing  the  whole  matter.  And  in  con- 
clusion, a  Paraenetick  to  the  five  Apologists  foV  choosing 
accommodation  rather  than  toleration.  Imprimatur.  la. 
Crawford.  December  16,  1644. 

4to.  pp.  40.  London.   Christopher  Meredith.  1645. 

CozzENS,  William,  Governor  of  Rhode  Island,  Wm.  H. 
Cranston,  Mayor  of  Newport,  A.  H.  Dumont,  chairman  of 
the  Public  Schools,  and  Henry  Rousmaniere,  Commissioner 
of  Public  Schools.  Addresses  at  the  dedication  of  the 
"  Trustees  of  the  Long  Wharf  School  House,"  on  the  20th 
of  May,  1863. 

8vo.  pp.  106.  Newport.  Pratt  ^  Messer.  1863. 

Crane,  John,  D.  D.  A  sermon  delivered  July  31,  1816,  at 
the  installation  of  the  Rev.  Willard  Preston  to  the  pastoral 
care  of  the  Pacific  Church  and  Society  in  Providence. 

8vo.  pp.  15.  Providence.  Miller  ^-  Hutchens.  1816. 


108  BIBLIOGRAPHY    OF 

Cranston,  Capt.  Robert  B.,  of  the  Newport  Artillery.  Pro- 
ceedings of  a  General  Court  Martial,  holden  in  Newport, 
August  1,  1817.  As  officially  reported  by  the  Judge 
Advocate. 

8vo.  pp.  24.  Providence.  Jones  Sf  Wlieeler.  1817. 

CuREEY,  Samuel,    Argument  for  the  heirs  at  Law  in  the  Hal- 

sey  Will  Case. 
8vo.  pp.  19.  Providence.  Knowles,  Anthony  J-  Co.  1859. 

Curtis,  George  William.  A  Rhyme  of  Rhode  Island  and 
the  Times ;  pronounced  before  the  Sons  of  Rhode  Island 
in  New  York,  at  their  first  anniversary  held  in  the  Hall  of 
the  New  York  Historical  Society,  May  29,  1863. 

8vo.pp.  16.  Neio  York.   0.  A.  Alvord.  186-3. 

This  poem  is  appended  to  Dr.  Vinton's  oration  on  the  Annals  of  Rliode  Island 


-\^u," 


t-jS^l^lf&L-O- 


^^HAILEY,  MRS.  CHARLOTTE  F.  Report 
upon  tlie  disabled  Rhode  Island  soldiers  ;  their 
names,  condition,  and  in  what  hospitals  they  are. 
Made  to  Governor  Sprague,  and  by  him  presented 
to  the  General  Assembly  of  Rhode  Island,  Jan- 
uary session,  1863. 
8vo.  pp.  24.  Providence.  Alfred  Anthony.  1863. 

Mrs.  Dailey  was  commissioned  by  Gov.  Sprague  to  visit  tlie  United  States 
Hospitals,  in  and  near  riiiladelphia  and  Washington. 

D.vNFORTH,  Walter  R.  An  oration  delivered  before  the 
Providence  Association  of  Mechanicks  and  Manufacturers, 
April  8,  1822,  being  the  anniversary  of  the  election  of  offi- 
cers. 

8vo.  pp.  22.  Providence.  Miller  ^  RuicMns.  1822. 

An  oration  pronounced  in  the  Universalist  Chapel,  on 

Thursday,  July  4,  1833. 
8vo.  pp.  22.  Providence.  John  Hutchins.  1833. 

Deane,  Charles.  Some  notices  of  Samuel  Gorton,  one  of 
the  first  settlers  of  Warwick,  R.  I.,  during  his  residence  at 
Plymouth,  Portsmouth,  and  Providence ;  chiefly  derived 
from  early  manuscripts,  with  a  brief  -introductory  memoir. 

4to.  pp.  41.  Boston.   Coolidge  jf-  Wiley.  1850. 

Dehon,  Rev.  Theodore,  A.  M.  Rector  of  Trinity  Church, 
Newport.  A  discourse  delivered  in  Newport,  R.  I.,  before 
the  congregation  of  Trinity  Church,  the  Masonic  Society 

14 


110  BIBLIOGKAPHY    OF 

and  the  Newport  Guards,  the  Sunday  following  the    intel- 
ligence of  the  death  of  General  Georcre  Washinoton. 
8vo.  pp.  19.  Newport-  Henry  Barber.  1800. 

A  discourse  delivered  in  Providence,  Sept.  6,  1804, 

before  the  Female  Charitable  Society,  for  the  relief  of  indi- 
gent widows  and  children. 

8vo.  pp.  20.  Providence.  Heaton  <|-  Williams.  1804. 

A  discourse  delivered  in  Trinity  Church,  in  Newport, 

on  Thursday,  27  Nov.  1805 ;  an  appointed  day  of  public 
Thanksgiving  and  Praise. 

8vo.  pp.  14.  Newport.  Ann  Barber.  180G. 

Dr.  Dehon  was  born  in  Boston  in  1776,  and  graduated  at  Harvard  College  in 
1795.  After  being  Rector  of  Trinity  Churcb,  in  Newport,  he  removed  to 
Cliarleston,  Soutli  Carolina,  where  he  was  elected  Bishop  in  1812.  He 
died  Aug.  6,  1817,  aged  41.  Bishop  Dehon  was  considered  a  man  of 
superior  talents,  and  much  esteemed  for  his  social  virtues.  In  1821,  two 
volumes  of  his  sermons  were  published.  * 

D'WoLF,  John.     An  address  delivered  before  the  citizens  of 

Bristol,  R.  I.,  July  4,  1821 . 
8vo.  pp.  24.  Published  bi/  request.  1821. 

D'WoLF,  James.     For  discourse  on  the  death  of,  see  Crriswold. 

Dewey,  Rev.  Orvii.le.  The  Pulpit  as  a  field  of  exertion, 
talent  and  piety.  A  sermon  delivered  at  the  installation  of 
the  Rev.  Edward  B.  Hall,  as  pastor  of  the  First  Congre- 
gational Society  in  Providence. 

8vo.  pp.  36.  Neiv  Bedford.  Benjamin  Lindsey.  1832. 

Dexter  Asylum.     Rules  and  Regulations  for  the  goverment 
of,  established  at  a  town  meeting  of  the  Freemen  of  the  town 

of  Providence,  July  26,  1828. 
8vo.  pp.  14.  Providence.  Smith  J-  Parmenter.  [1828.] 

• First  annual  report  of  the    Board    of  attending   and 

consulting  physicians  and  surgeons  of. 
8vo.  pp.  12         ,         Providence.  Smith  ^  Parmenter.  1829. 

Dexter  Genealogy.  Being  a  I'ecord  of  the  families  descend- 
ed from  the  Rev.  Gregory  Dexter,  with  notes  and  biographi- 
cal sketches  of  each  parent.     By  S.  C.  Newman,  A.  j\I. 

12nio.  pp.  108.  Providence.  A.  Crawford  Crreene.  1859. 


RHODE     ISLAND.  Ill 

Dix,  John-  Ross.  A  liand-book  of  Newport  and  Rhode  Isl- 
and, with  wood  cuts. 

12mo.  pp.  xii  and  170.  Newport.   C.  E.  Hammett.  1852. 

DoRUANCE  vs.  Fenxer.  Report  of  the  case,  John  Dorrance 
against  Arthur  Fenncr,  tried  at  the  December  term  of  the 
court  of  Common  Ph;as,  in  the  county  of  Providence,  A.  D. 
1801.  To  wliich  is  added  the  proceedings  in  the  case 
Arthur  Fennor  vs.  Jolin  Dorrance.  Carefully  compiled 
from  the  notes  taken  at  the  trial. 

8vo.  pp.  116.  Providence.  Bennett  Wheeler.  1802. 

Dorr.  Report  of  the  Trial  of  Thomas  Wilson  Dorr,  for 
Treason  against  the  State  of  Rhode  Island,  containing  the 
arguments  of  counsel,  and  the  charge  of  Chief  Justice 
Durfee.     By  Joseph  S.  Pitman. 

8vo.  pp.  131.  Boston.   Tappan  <)'•  Bennett.  1844. 

Political  Frauds  exposed  ;  or  a  narrative  of  the  pro- 
ceedings of  "  The  Junto  in  Providence,"  concerning  the 
Senatorial  Question,  from  1833  to  1838.         By  Aristides. 

8vo.  pp.  24.  [Providence.  1838.] 

•     Address  to  the  people  of  Rhode  Island,  August,  1843. 

(See  Burke's  report  No.  214.) 

Message  to  the  General  Asseml)ly  upon   the  oro-an- 


ization  of  the  government  under  the  People's  Constitution, 
May  3,  1842.     (See  Burke's  Report,  No.  213.) 

Speech  of,  on  the  right  of  the  people  of  Rhode  Isl- 
and to  form  a  constitution  ;  delivered  in  the  People's  Con- 
vention on  the  18th  day  of  November,  1841.  (See  Burke's 
Report,  p.  851.) 

Report  of  the    trial    of  Thomas   Wilson    Dorr,    for 


Treason,  including  testimony  at  length — arguments  of  coun- 
sel— the  charge  of  the  Chief  Justice — the  motions  and 
arguments  on  the  questions  of  a  new  trial  and  in  arrest  of 
judgment;  together  with  the  sentence  of  the  court,  and 
the  speech  of  Mr.  Dorr  before  sentence.  From  notes  taken 
at  the  trial. 

Hvo.  pp.  115.  double  col's.       Providence.  B.  F.  Moore.  1844. 

J'rep.ireil  for  the  press  by  George  Turner  and  Waller  S.  Surges,  Attorneys  for 
tlie  defence. 


112  lilBUOGKAPIIY    OF 

Tlie  Life  :iiul  Times  oF  Thomas  Wilson  Dorr,  with 

outlines  of  the  political  history  of  Rhode  Island.  By  Dan 
King,  with  portrait. 

12mo.  pp.  368.  Boston.  Printed  for  the  author.  1859. 

Downer,  Silas.  A  discourse  delivered  in  Providence,  in 
the  colony  of  Rhodd  Island,  on  the  25th  day  of  July,  1768, 
at  the  dedication  of  the  tree  of  Liberty,  from  the  summer- 
house  in  the  tree.     By  a  Son  of  Liberty. 

8vo.  pp.  10.  Providence.  Printed  and  sold  by  John  Waterman 
at  his  printing  office  at  the  paper  mill.  1768. 

The  following  account  of  this  event  is  taken  from  tlie  Proviilcnce  Gazette, 
July  30,  17G8  : 

"  On  Monday  last,  (25th,)  at  five  in  llie  afternoon,  being  the  time  appointed 
for  dedicating  the  great  Elm  Tree,  at  Captain  Joseph  Olney's,  in  this 
town,  to  be  the  tree  of  Libert}',  there  was  a  very  great  concourse  of 
■very  respectable  people  of  this  and  the  neighboring  towns,  many  coming 
from  a  considerable  distance  out  of  tlie  Province  of  Mass.achusetts  Bay, 
to  assist  on  the  occasion.  An  animated  discourse  was  delivered  from  the 
summer-house  in  the  tree,  by  a  Son  of  Liberty,  wherein  was  briefly  point- 
ed out  the  Terrors  of  Colonization  of  the  first  Planters  of  these  colonies  ; 
a  Declaration  of  our  Rights,  and  a  particular  enumeration  of  our  Griev- 
ances, together  with  a  designation  of  the  means  of  Redress.  After  which 
followed  the  Directions  thus  :  the  people  in  the  summer-house,  laying 
their  hands  on  the  tree,  the  gentleman  who  gave  the  discourse  pronounced 
these  words  alond  :  "  We  do,  in  the  name  and  behalf  of  the  true  sons  of 
"Liberty,  in  America,  Great  Britain,  Ireland,  Corsica,  or  wherever  they 
"  maj'  he  dispersed  throughout  the  world,  dedicate  and  solcnniize  thereto, 
"  this  tree,  to  be  a  Tree  of  Liherti/.  May  all  our  councils  and  deliberations 
"  under  its  venerable  Branches,  be  guided  by  wisdom,  and  directed  for 
"  the  support  and  maintenance  of  that  liberty  which  our  renowned  Fore- 
"  fathers  souglit  out,  and  found  under  trees,  and  in  the  wilderness.  May  it 
"  long  flourish,  and  m.ay  the  sons  of  Liberty  often  repair  hither,  to  confirm 
"  and  strengthen  each  otlier.  AVIien  they  look  tow^ards  their  sacred  Elm, 
"  may  they  be  penetrated  with  a  sense  of  their  duty  to  themselves  anil 
"  their  posterity  ;  and  may  they,  like  the  House  of  David,  grow  stronger 
"  and  stronger,  while  their  enemies,  like  the  House  of  Saul,  shall  grow 
"  weaker  and  weaker,  Amen." — The  whole  conducted  with  great  order 
and  quiet. 

The  following  account  contains  additional  particulars  of  this  event: 

"  In  July,  1768,  rtie  Sons  of  Liberty  were  called  upon  to  attend  the  dedi- 
cation of  the  Tree  of  Liberty.  Almost  every  town  then  had  either  its 
liberty  tree  or  its  liberty  pole.  The  liberty  tree  of  Providence  was  a  little 
north  of  the  north  side  of  Olncy  street,  in  front  of  a  public  house  kept 
there  by  Captain  Joseph  Olney.  Samuel  'I'hurber,  in  a  note  kindly  com- 
municated to  me  when  in  his  Hist  year,  says  :     '  He,'  Captain.  Olney, '  had 


UlIODB      ISLAND.  113 

a  large,  old  fiishioued,  two  story,  elm  sliedilcd  liouse,  in  the  form  of  an  L, 
with  a  large  yard  in  front.  In  tliis  yard  stooil  tlic  largest  eira  tree  that  I 
ever  saw.  A  flight  of  steps  was  erected,  leading,  perhaps  twenty  feet  up 
to  where  three  or  four  linihs  set  out.  There  a  convenient  seat  was  fixed 
for,  say,  ten  or  twelve  people  to  sit  in  and  enjoy  themselves  in  the 
shade.  The  dedication  of  tliis  tree  took  place  on  the  25th  day  of  July. 
A  large  concourse  of  people  assembled.  An  animated  discourse  was 
delivered  from  the  seat  or  summer-house  on  the  tree,  by  Silas  Downer." 
Staples  Annals  of  Providence,  p.  221. 

Doyle,  Thom.\s.  [of  Rliode  Island.]  Five  years  in  a  Lottery 
Office,  or  an  exposition  of  the  Lottery  System  in  the  Unit- 
ed States. 

12mo.  pp.  G2.  Boston.  S.  N.  Bicldnson.     1841. 

Drake,  Samuel  G.  Biography  and  history  of  the  Indians  in 
North  America,  comprising  a  general  account  of  them,  and 
details  in  tlie  lives  of  all  the  most  distingitishcd  chiefs  and 
others  who  have  l)een  noted  among  the  various  Indian 
nations  upon  the  continent,  etc.  etc. 

8vo.  pp.  720.  11th  edition.  Boston.  B.  B.  Mussey  ^  Co.  1851. 

This  work  was  first  i)ublislied,  in  1832,  in  a  small  duodecimo  volume,  under 
the  title  of  "  Indian  Biography."  The  following  year  a  second  edition 
was  issued  under  the  above  title.  Each  successive  edition  has  been 
enlarged.  Very  large  numbers  of  each  edition  have  been  sold.  No  other 
such  work  contains  as  much  on  our  aborigines  as  this.  The  Indians  of 
Rhode  Island  and  their  wars,  are  noticed  at  length. 

Old  Indian  Chronicle. 


2-2mo.  pp.  208.  Boston.  1836. 

This  book  consists  of  five  early  tracts,  four  of  which  relate  to  King  Philip's 
War,  accompanied  by  notes   by  Mr.  Drake,  and  a  chronology  of  Indian 

events. 

Drowne,  Solomon.,  M.  D.  An  oration  delivered  in  the  First 
Baptist  Meeting-House,  in  Providence,  at  the  celebration, 
February  23,  A.  D.,  1824,  in  commemoration  of  the  Birth 
Day  of  Washington,  and  in  aid  of  the  cause  of  the  Greeks. 

8vo.  pp.  24.  Providence.    Brotvn  <|-  Ifavforth.  1824. 

Annual    address  delivered  before  the  Rhode  Island 

Society  for  the  encoXiragement  of  Domestic  Industry,  Octo- 
ber 15,  1823. 

8vo.  pp.  18.  J'rovidettce.   Carlilc  ;f   Brown.  182(). 


114  BIBLIOGRAPHY    OF 

A  Funeral  oration  in  memorv  of  tlie  Hon.  James  M. 


Vernon,  Esq.,  late  a  Jiuli^e  in  the  Western    Territory  ;  de- 
livered at  Marietta,  Oliio,  January  13,  1789.     8vo. 

Biographical  notice  of,  by  the  Rev.  T.  Stafford  Drowne 


in  sketches  of  Riiode  Island  Physicians,  p.  25-34. 

See  Historical  Maijazine  for  March,  1857 — History  of  the  Town  of  Foster,  by  C. 
C.  Brainan,  in  tlie  Providence  Journal,  1858-59.  Sketch  of  the  life  of, — 
By  Prof  Wni.  G.  GodJard,  in  Providence  Journal,  1838 — and  in  the 
American  Quarterly  Register,  vol.  11,  p.  357  ;  and  Sketch  of  his  life,  with 
several  of  his  letters,  in  "  Neio  York  City,  during  the  American  Revolution." 
Printed  for  the  Mercantile  Library  Association,  4to.  1861. 

Dr.  Drowne  was  born  in  Providence,  in  1753,  and  graduated  at  Brown 
University  in  1773.  After  visiting  Europe  he  returned  to  Providence,  and 
entered  upon  the  practice  of  medicine.  For  several  years  lie  was  a  sur- 
geon in  the  army  of  the  revolution  111  health  obliged  him  to  remove  to 
the  West,  where  he  labored  in  his  profession,  in  Ohio  and  Western  Penn- 
sylvania for  nine  years.  In  1801,  he  returned  to  his  native  State,  and 
settled  in  the  town  of  Foster,  where  he  passed  the  remainder  of  his  life, 
in  professional  and  .agricultural  pursuits.  In  1811,  Dr.  Drowne  was  appoint- 
ed Professor  of  Materia  Medica  and  Botany  in  Brown  University.  Botany 
was  his  favorite  study,  and,  besides  lecturing  to  the  students,  lie  had  pri- 
vate classes  of  citizens.    He  died  in  1834,  at  the  age  of  81  years. 

Dudley,  Governor  Joseph.    Queen  Anne's  Instructions  to,  in 

1702.  (Miss.  Hist.  Collections,  M  series.  Vol.  IX.) 

These  instructions  give  Governor  Dudley  "aU  the  powers  and  authorities  of 
any  Captain  General,  over  the  colonies  of  Rhode  Island,  Providence  Plan- 
tations and  the  Narrag.ansett  Country." 

Duff,  Henry  J.  and  others.  Petition  of,  for  an  alteration  of 
the  State  Constitution,  presented  to  the  General  Assembly, 
May,  1846.  Report  of  the  committee  on  the  petition  of 
Henry  J.  Duft,  and  others,  by  Sylvester  G.  Sherman,  Esq., 
chairman  of  the  committee,  made  to  the  House  of  Repre- 
sentatives of  Rhode  Island,  January,  1847. 

8vo.  pp.  4  and  IG.  l_Providence.']   M.  B.  Young.  [1847.] 

DuMONT.  Articles  of  Faith  and  Church  Covenant  of  the 
United  Congregational  Church,  of  Newport,  R.  I.,  with  a 
brief  notice  otithe  origin  and  history  of  the  Church.  Pre- 
pared at  the  request  of  the  Church  by  the  Pastor,  Rev. 
Henry  Dumont,  A.  J\I. 

12mo.  pp.  4G.  Newport.  James  Atkinson.  1834. 

This  church  dates  its  origin  in  tlic  year  iniO. 


RHODE    ISLAND. 


115 


DuMMER,  Jeremiah.  A  Defence  of  the  New  England  char- 
ters. Palchrum  est  Fatrice  benefacere,  eliam  henedicerc 
hand  absurdum  est.     Salliist. 

8vo.  pp.  GO.  London.  112}. 

The  same  work. 

8vo.  pp.  88.  London.  1765. 

Dummer  was  the  agent  of  Massachusetts  in  Knglaud,  and  a  distinguished 
scholar.  "  Tliis  very  able  defence  was  written  some  time  before  ;  but  it 
was  now  published  in  the  apprehension  tliat  a  bill  would  be  brought  into 
the  House  of  Commons  at  their  next  session  to  disfranchise  the  charter 
governments."    Holmes'  Aiuials. 

DuuFEE.  Hon.  Job.  Late  Chief  .Justice  of  Rhode  Island,  the 
complete  works  of,  with  a  memoir  of  the  author,  edited  by 
his  son. 

8vo  pp.  .\xvi  and  523.    Providence.  Gladding  ^  Proud.  1849. 

Among  other  .articles,  this  volume  includes  the  following  : 

What  C'lieer  ;  or  Roger  Williams  in  Banishment.    A  Poem. 

History   of  the   subjection  and  extermination  of  the  Narragansetts.     A 

Lecture. 
The  Idea  of  the  supernatnr.il  among  the  Indians.    A  Lecture. 
A  Discourse  delivered  before  tlie  Rhode/Island  Historical  Society,  Wed- 
nesday, January  1.3,  1847. 
The  Cluaractcr  of  Chief  Justice  Eddy. 

What   Cheer  ;  or   Roger  Williams    in    Banishment. 


A  Poem. 
12ino.  pp.  Providence.  1832. 

A  discourse  delivered  before  the  Rhode  Island  His- 
torical Society,  on  the  evening  of  Wednesday,  January  13, 
1847.     Published  at  the  request  of  the  Society. 

8vo.  pp.  42.  Providence.   C.  Burnett,  Jr.  1847. 

Charge  to  the  Grand  Jury  at  the  March   term  of  the 

Supreme  Judicial  Court,  at  Bristol,  R.  I.,  A.  D.  1842. 

8vo.  pp.  10.  1842. 


•     An  oration  before  the  municipal  authorities    and  citi- 
zens of  Providence,  July  4,1853. 
8vo.  pp.  29.  Providence.  Knowles.  Anthony  (j- Co.   1858. 


116 


BIBLIOGKAPHY    OF 


Discourse  on  the  character  of,  see   H.   Gf.  Hazard. 

Judge  Durfee  was  born  in  Tiverton,  K.  I.,  in  1790,  and  graduated  at  Brown 
University,  in  1813.  He  enjoyed  a  Iiigh  reputation  as  a  lawyer,  and  was 
besides  favorably  known  as  a  poet.  In  1821,  and  again  in  1823,  he  was 
elected  to  Congress.  In  1834  lie  was  promoted  to  the  bench  of  the 
Supreme  Court;  and  in  1836  was  Chief  Justice  of  ihat  Court,  which  otHce 
he  held  till  his  death  in  1847. 


y'-Wi-;^ 


I■i^^f^^^.c 


5V0. 


pp.  22. 


?^ASTBURN,  Rt.  Rkv.  MANTIX,    I).  D.     The 

Blessedness  of  the  upright  in  their  end  :  A  Sermon 
preached  in  St.  Michael's  Church,  Bristol,  Rhode 
Island,  on  Wednesday,  Feb.  28,  185.5.  At  the 
Funeral  of  Rev.  John  Bristed,  formerly  Rector  of 
said  Church. 

Bristol,  B.  I.  1835. 
East  Greenwich.     History  of,  see  Eldredge. 

Eastox,  Johx.  Narrative  of  the  causes  which  led  to  Philip's 
Indian  war,  of  1G75  and  1G7G,  with  other  documents  con- 
cerning this  event,  in  the  office  of  the  Secretary  of  the  State 
of  New  York.  Prepared  from  the  originals,  by  Franklin 
B.  Hough. 

4to.  pp.  xxiii.  and  207.  Albany,  N.  Y.  J.  Munsell.  1856. 

The  papers  in  tliis  volume  are  mostly  letters  containing  accounts  or  rumors  of 
Indian  hostilities;  tlie  Proceedings  of  the  government  of  New  York  in 
consequence  of  these  disturbances  ;  Reports  obtained  from  the  captives 
escaped  from  the  enemy  ;  and  other  documents  incidentally  relating  to  the 
war.     105  copies  printud. 

The  same  on  large  paper,  imp.  4to. 

5  copies  only  printed. 

John  Easton  was  the  son  of  Governor  Nicliolas  Eastou.  He  held  the  office  of 
Attorney  General  of  Rhode  Island,  from  1651  to  1675.  Was  Deputy  Gov- 
ernor and  Assistant  at  various  times  ;  and  from  1690  to  lO'Jo  was  elected 
Governor.  Jle  died  at  Newport,  December  I'J,  1705,  at  the  age  of  88 
years,  and  was  buried  in  tlic  Coddington  burial  place. 
15 


118 


lilBI.IOGRAPHY    OF 


Eddy,  Samuel.  '  Reasons  offered  by,  for  his  opinions,  to  the 
First  Baptist  Church  in  Providence,  from  which  he  was 
compelled  to  withdraw,  for  Heterodoxy. 

8vo.  pp.  19.  [^Providence.']  Jones  ^  Wheeler.  1818. 

A  review  of  the  reasons  offered  by  S.  Eddy,  Esq.,  for 

his  opinions,  to  the  First  Baptist  Church  in  Providence, 
from  which  he  was  compelled  to  withdraw  for  heterodoxy. 
From  the  Christian  Disciple,  published  in  Boston. 

8vo.  pp.  12.  Providence.  Miller  J-  Hidchins.  1819. 

.Judge  Eddy  was  boni  in  Johnston,  R.  I.,  March  3],  17G9,  and  graduated  at 
Brown  University  in  1787.  In  1798,  he  was  elected  Secretary  of  State, 
wliicli  office  he  held  for  twenty-one  years,  when  he  was  elected  a  member 
of  Congress.  He  held  this  office  during  three  successive  terms,  from 
1819  to  182.J.  Subsequently  he  was  appointed  Chief  Justice  of  the  Su- 
preme Judicial  Court  of  Rhode  Island,  which  position  he  occupied  for  eight 
years,  when  ill  health  compelled  him  to  resign  it.  Judge  Eddy  was  a  man 
of  extensive  literary  acquirements.  He  died  February  3,  1839,  aged  69 
years. 

Edmundson.  a  Journal  of  the  Life,  Sufferings  and  Labour 
in  the  work  of  the  ministry,  of  that  worthy  elder  and  faith- 
ful servant  of  Jesus  Christ,  William  Edmundson,  who 
departed  this  life  the  31st  of  the  6th  month,  1712. 

8vo.  pp.  London.  1713. 

The  same  work,  second  edition. 

8vo.  pp.  i.xxv.  and  371.  Contents  and  Lidex.     London.  1774. 

Mr.  Edmundson  was  a  distinguished  preacher  of  the  Society  of  Friends,  and 
made  no  less  than  three  voyages  to  America  previous  to  the  year  1700. 
He  was  born  in  1627,  and  served  in  Cromwell's  army.  Subsequently  he 
joined  the  Quakers,  and  became  a  most  zealous  apostle  among  them.  In 
1671,  "  he  had  movings  of  the  spirit"  to  come  to  America,  and  soon  after 
that,  sailed  in  company  with  George  Fox.  He  visited  the  West  Indies, 
V'irginia,  Maryland,  New  Jersey,  New  York,  and  New  England,  and  gives 
an  interesting  account  of  his  travels  in  these  clinics  as  a  missionary.  He 
was  in  Rhode  Island  with  George  Fox.  When  at  Newport,  he  siiys : 
"  One  Roger  Williams,  an  old  priest,  and  an  enemy  to  truth,  h.id  put  forth 
fourteen  propositions,  as  he  called  them,  which  he  would  maintain  against 
the  Quakers  that  came  from  Old  England,  and  challenged  a  dispute  of 
seven  of  them  atNewport,  and  the  other  seven  at  Providence."  This  is 
the  famous  controversy  mentioned  by  Williams,  to  engage  in  which,  lie 
rowed  a  canoe,  when  73 years  of  age,  from  Providence  to  Newport. 

Eldredge,  James  H.,  M.  D.  and  Daniel  H.  Greene.  History 
of  East  Greenwich.     A  series  of  articles  published  in  the 


KlIODK    l,-;i,A\U.  119 

East  Greenwich   Weekhj  PenJtdum,  commencing    June  8, 

and  ending  November  17,  18G0. 

These  contain  sketches  of  tlie  most  prominent  professional  men,  and  tlie  most 
important  incidents  from  tlic  settlement  of  tlic  town  in  1077  to  tlie  present 
century. 

Eldridge,  Ei.i.eanok.     Memoirs  of. 

12mo.  pp.  12.S.  Providence.  B.  T.  Albro.  1838. 

The  snbjeet  of  this  memoir  was  a  colored  woman,  born  in  A\%irwick  in  1785. 

— '■ Eleanor's  Second  Book. 

12mo.  pp.  127.  Providence.  B.  T.  Albro.  1847. 

Ei.i.EKY,  Wuj.i.vM,  Life  of,  by  Edward  T.  Channing,  Sparks' 
American  Biography.     Voh  (>. 

Ellery,  Abrahais  Redwood.  An  oration  delivered  July  4, 
179a,  in  the  Baptist  meetinghouse  in  Newport. 

8vo.  pp.  24.  Warren.  N.  Phillips.  1796. 

Eelis,  James,  A.  M.  A  nari'ative  of  the  rise,  progress  and 
issue  of  the  late  Law  suits  relative  to  the  property  held  and 
devoted  to  pious  uses,  in  the  first  precinct  in  Rehoboth  ; 
containing  the  substance  of  the  Records  which  show  for 
whose  use  and  benefit  the  property  was  originally  intended; 
together  with  some  observations  on  certain  constitutional 
principles,  which  respect  the  support  of  Public.  AV^orship, 
and  the  equal  protection  and  establishment  of  all  regular 
denominations    of  christians.       By  James    Ellis,   A.    M. 

12mo.  pp.  76.  Warren,  QR.  I.)  Nathaniel  PldlUps.  1795. 

Mr.  Northrop,  a  Baptist  Elder  of  Narragansett,  and  the  Rev.  Isaac  Backus, 
were  involved  in  the  controversy  to  which  the  above  pamphlet  refers. 

Eltox,  Rev.  Romeo,  D.  D.  Callender's  Historical  Discourse, 
with  notes.     See  Callender. 

Life  of  Roger  WUiams  the  earliest  legislator  and  true 

champion  for  a  full  and  absolute  liberty  of  conscience. 

18mo.  pp.  viii.  and  173.    Providence.  Geo.  H.  Wldtney.  1853. 

Same. 

18mo.  pp.  viii.  and  173.  London.  Albert  Cockshaiv.  1852. 

Literary   remains  of  the  Rev.  Jonathan  Maxcy,    D. 

D.,  President  of  Brown  University,  with  a  memoir. 

8vo.  pp.  New  York.  1844. 


120  niUI.IOGRAPHY    OF 

Dr.  Elton  is  a  nativ.e  of  Connecticut,  anJ  graduated  at  Brown  University  in 
1812.  He  was  Professor  of  Ancient  Languages  in  tliat  institution,  from 
1825  to  1843,  and  has  since  resided  in  England. 

Emmoxs,  William.  An  oration  on  the  death  of  Mr.  Levi 
Hoppin,  a  member  of  the  Sophomore  Class  at  Brown  Uni- 
versity, pronounced  March  27,  A.  D.  1805.  In  the  Uni- 
versity Chape). 

8vo.  pp.  12.  Providence.  J.  Carter.   [1805.] 

Examination,  by  Chemical  Analysis  and  otherwise,  of  sub- 
stances emptied  into  tlie  Public  Waters  of  the  State,  from 
Gas  and  other  manufiicturies,  sewerage  and  other  sources, 
to  ascertain  if  any  injury  results  therefrom  to  any  of  the 
Fisheries  in  said  public  waters,  in  the  vicinity  of  the  city 
of  Providence,  1860. 

8vo.  pp.  31.  Providence.  A.  Craivford  Greene.  1861. 

A  report  made  to  tlie  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Rhode  Island,  by  a 
special  committee,  consisting  of  Messrs.  Geo.  Lewis  Cooke,  C.  C.  Van 
Zandt  and  George  B.  Peck.  The  Chemical  Analyses  are  by  Professors 
G.  I.  Chace  andN.  P.  Hall,  of  Brown  University. 

See  also  Waters  of  the  State.  Report  of  Com- 
mittee on. 

Evangelical  Consociation  and  Home  Missionary  Society  of 
Congregational  Churches  in  Rhode  Island.  Proceedings 
of.     June  1836. 

8vo.  pp.  20.  Providence.  B.  Cranston  ,J-  Co.  183G. 

The  Same.     June  1837. 

8vo.  pp.  24.  Providence.  B.  Cranston  ^  Co.  1887. 

The  same.     June  1838. 

8vo.  pp.  24.  Providence.  B.  Cranston  jf-   Co.  1838. 

Evangelical  Consociation  of  the  Congregational  Churches 
of  Rhode  Island.  Minutes  of  the  Annual  Meeting  of, 
held  at  Little  Compton,  June  8-10,  1852.  With  a  report 
of  the  Home  Missionaiy  Society. 

8vo.  pp.  24.  Providence.  B.  T.  Albro.  1852, 

■     Same.     Held  at  Barrington,  June  14,  1853. 

8vo.  pp.  24.  Providence.  M.  B.  Younr/.  1853. 


RHODE    ISLAND. 


121 


Same.     Held  at   Pawtucket,  June   12,   1855,    with 

reports  of  the  Benevolent  Societies  and  of  Religion. 

^vo.  pp.  22.  Providence.  M.  B.  Young.  1855. 

Same.     Held  at  Little  Compton,  June  14,  1859. 

3vo.  pp.  23.  Providence.  M.  B.  Young.  1859. 


■i-ZS^^j/^-c- 


ACIORILS.  Report  of  tlio  Commissioner  ap- 
pointed to  ascertain  tlie  miniber,  ages,  liours  of 
labor,  and  opportunities  for  education  of  children, 
employed  in  the  Manufacturings  Etablishments  of 
Rhode  Island  ;  made  to  the  General  Assembly  [o^ 
Rhode  Island]  at  its  January  session,  1853.  I'rint- 
ed  by  order  of  the  Senate. 
8vo.  pp.  8.  Providence.  Sai/Ies,  Miller  j|-  Simons.  1853. 

Fall  River,  Historical  Sketch  of,  see  Fowler. 

Farley,   Rev.  Fkedekick  A.     A   discourse  delivered  at  the 

dedication  of  Westminster  Church  in  Providence  R.  I., 

March  5,  1829. 
8vo.  pp.  31.  Boston.  Leonard  C.  Bowles.  1829. 

Farmers'  Exchange  Bank,  Glocester.  Report  of  the 
Committee  appointed  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the 
State  of  Rhode  Island  and  Providence  Plantations,  at  the 
Februaiy  Session,  A.  D.  1809,  to  enquire  into  the  situation 
of  the  Farmers'  Exchange  Bank,  in  Glocester,  with  the 
documents  accompani/ing  the  same.  Published  by  order  of 
the  General  Assembly,  1809. 

8vo.  pp.  56.  Providence.  American  Office.  1809. 

Fessenden,  G.  M.  History  of  Warren,  Rhode  Island,  from 
the  earliest  times,  with  particluar  notice  of  Massasoit  and 
his  family. 

18mo.  pp.  125.  Providence.  11.  H.  Broun.  1845. 


KiiDDi:  isi.Axii.  123 

FoiiEs,  Pf.ki;s,  A.  M.  A  sermon,  delivered  in  the  Baptist 
Meeting  House  in  Providence,  July  31,  1791,  occasioned 
by  the  death  of  the  Kev.  James  Manning,  D.  D.,  Presi- 
dent of  Rhode  Island  College. 

8vo.  pp.  40.  Providence.  J.   Carter.  1791. 

Fenner,  Akthur  vs.  John  Dorrance.  Report  of  the  Case  of. 
See  Dorrance. 

Fenner,  James,  a  Letter  to.     By  a  Republican. 

8vo.  pp.  8.  No  date. 

Letter  to.     1811  and  1831. 

12mo.  pp.  16.  No  dale. 

Ferguson.  Memoir  of  the  Life  and  Character  of  Rev.  Sam- 
uel Hopkins,  D.  D.,  formerly  pastor  of  the  First  Congrega- 
tional ChurcJi  in  Newport,  Rhode  Island  ;  with  an  appen- 
dix ;  by  Jolm  Ferguson,  pastor  of  the  East  Church  in 
Attleborough,  Mass. 

18mo.  pp.  viii.  and  196.    Boston.  Leonard  W.  Kimball.  1830. 

Field.  Report  of  the  trial  of  Albert  S.  Field,  indicted  for  the 
murder  of  Jonathan  Gray,  before  the  Supreme  Court  of 
Rhode  Island,  at  Providence,  INIarch  term,  1820. 

8vo.  pp.  48.  Providence,  dliller  <J-   Grattan.  1826. 

FiSK,  Isaac.  An  Eulogy  on  Mr.  Samuel  Smith  Adams,  mem- 
ber of  the  Senior  class  of  Brown  University,  wlio  died 
February  6.  1812,  aged  22  years.  Pronounced  at  the  Uni- 
versity ilall,  April  18,  1812. 

8vo.  pp.  10.  Providence.  Jones  tf  Wheeler.  1812. 

Fish,  Josemi,  A.  M.  Pastor  of  a  cluircli  in  Stonington.  A 
sermon  preached  at  Westerly  in  the  Colony  of  Rhode 
Island,  August  27,  1755,  in  the  South  Meeting  House, 
to  a  number  of  religious  people,  on  a  day  of  fasting  and 
prayer  (observed  by  them)  for  success  to  our  Armies,  with 
a  more  particular  reference  to  the  expedition  against  Crown 
Point,  in  w^hich  some  of  them  had  near  relations. 
8vo.  pp.  32.  Newport.  J.  Franklin.  [1755.] 

A   sermon  preached  at  the  Ordination  of  the  Rev. 

Wm.  Yinal  to  the  pastoral  charge  of  the  first  Congregational 


124  BIBLIOGRAPHY    OF 

church  of  Christ  in  Newport,  Rhode  Island,  October  29, 
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12<1  HIBLIOCiKAPHY    01' 

liams  of  Providence  in  New  England.  Which  he  Dedi- 
cateth  to  the  King,  with  Desires,  that  if  the  Most  High 
please.  Old  and  New  England  may  flourish,  when  the  Pope 
and  Mahomet,  Rome  and  Constantinople  are  in  their 
Ashes,  of  a  Dispute  upon  xiv.  of  his  Proposals,  held  and  de- 
bated betwixt  him,  the  said  Roger  Williams,  on  the  one 
part  ;  and  John  Stubs,  William  Edmundson  and  John 
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Corrupted  ;  and  that  Salvation  was  by  a  Man  that  was 
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dington,  of  Rode  Island,  and  R.  Scot,  of  Providence,  in 
New  England,  concerning  R.  W.  And  Lastly,  some 
Testimonies  of  Antient  and  Modern  authors  concerning 
the  Light,  Scriptures,  Rule  and  the  Soul  of  Man.  By 
George  Fox  and  John  Burnyeat. 

4to.  pp.  256.  and  14  preliminaiy  leaves. 

\_Lo7idon.'\  Printed  in  the  Year  MDOLXXIX. 

Something  in  Answer  to  a  letter  which  I  have  seen 

of  John  Leverat,  Governour  of  Boston,  to  William  Cod- 
dington,  Governour  of  Rode  Island.  Dated  1677.  Wherein 
he  mentions  my  name,  and  also  wherein  John  Leverat 
justifies  Roger  Williams'  Book  of  Lyes. 

4to.  pp.  11.  [At.  p.  7  and  9,  signed  G.  F.]  London.  1677. 

This  is  George  Fox's  answer  to  Roger  Williams'  book,  eiititleii  George  Fox 
"  Digged  out  of  las  Burrows." 

Fox,  George.  Cain  against  Abel,  representing  New  Eng- 
land's Church,  Hierarchy,  in  opposition  to  her  Christian 
Protestant  Dissenters. 

Small  4to.  pp.  48.  '  London.  1675. 

Tl\e  preface  to  this  tract  is  addressed  "  To  the  New  England  Professors,  that 
hanged  tlie  servants  of  the  Lord  for  Religion.     And  all  others   that  are 


lUIODE    ISLAM).  I'll 

founil  in  tlicir  steps,  Persecuting,  Imprisoning,  Hating  and  Killing  their 
Bretliren  about  Keligion,  as  Cain  did  Abel  his  brother."  Mary  Dyer,  a 
Quaker  of  Khode  Island,  who  was  hanged  in  Boston,  is  doubtless  one  of 
the  persons  alluded  to.  At  the  end  of  the  volume,  the  author  gives  the 
"  Order  from  the  Court  at  Boston"  against  the  Quakers. 

A  Journal  or  Historical  account  of  the  Life,  Travels, 

Suft'erliigs,  Chri-stian  E.xperienccs  and  Labor  of  Love  in 
the  Ministry  of  that  ancient,  eminent  and  faithful  servant 
of  Jesus  Christ,  George  Fox,  who  departed  this  life  with 
great  peace  with  the  Lord,  the  13tli  of  the  lltli  month,  1G90. 

Folio.  London.  1G94. 

The  same  work. 

2vols.  8vo.  pp.  50G  and  487.  London.    W.  FldlUps.  1827. 

"  One  of  the  most  extraordinary  and  instructive  narratives  in  the  World  ; 
which  no  reader  of  competent  judgment  can  peruse  without  revering  the 
virtue  of  the  writer. — Sir  James  Mackintosh. 

George  Fox  was  the  thunder  of  the  Society  of  Friends  or  Quakers.  He  was  born 
in  Leicestershire,  England,  in  the  year  1C2I,  and  died  in  1090.  In  the 
course  of  his  public  ministrations  he  visited  America  twice,  where  he 
spent  two  years.  He  was  much  with  the  people  of  his  sect  in  Rhode 
Island,  and  held  a  public  discussion  with  Roger  Williams,  at  Newport ; 
for  particuars  of  which,  see  Edmuiidson.  Notwithstanding  the  severe 
language  of  Fox  in  the  titles  of  his  books  quoted,  William  Penn,  in  speak- 
ing of  him  says,  he  was  "  civil  beyond  all  forms  of  breeding,  in  his  beha- 
viour very  temperate,  eating  little,  and  sleeping  less.  He  had  an  extra- 
ordinary gift  in  opening  the  Scripture;  but,  above  all,  excelled  in  prayer. 
The  reverence  and  solemnity  of  his  adclress  and  behaviour,  and  the 
promptness  and  ferventness  of  his  words,  often  struck  strangers  with  ad- 
miration." 

Publications  of  the  Society  of  Friends  officially  sanctioned.  This  List  lias 
been  kindly  furnished  me  by  Dr.  Samuel  Boyd  Tobcy,  a  distinguished 
member  of  the  Societj'  of  Friend.s 

Browx,  Moses.  From  the  meeting  for  sufferings  for  New 
England,  to  the  Several  Quarterly  and  Monthly  meetings 

belonging  to  the  Yearly  Meeting,  eleventh  of  the  11th  month, 

1T82.  Providence.  John  Carter.  1782. 

Address  to  Friends   on  the  subject  of  establishing  a  Yearly  Meeting 

School.  1782. 

Kpistle  of  advice  to  Friends,  1783. 

New  Digest  of  Book  of  Discipline,  1785. 

Job.  Scott's  Review  of  RcUy's  Treatise  on  Union,  1780. 
Moses  Brown's  remarks  on  Samuel  Shepley's  Throe  Letters  on  Baptism  1792. 

TheB.iptism  of  Christ,  a  Gospel  Ordinance,  by  Job  Scott,  1794. 

Journal  of  the  Life,  Travels  and  Gospel  labors  of  Job  Scott,  1 7f)7. 


128  miil.IOGRAPHY    OF 

Replication  to  Samuel  Slie)>le.v,  by  Moses  Brown,  1798. 

Journal  of  Patience  Brayton,  1801. 

Church  Discipline,  by  Job  Scott,  ISO.j. 

Essay  on  the  qualificatioD  and  work  of  an  elder  in  the  Church  of  Christ, 

by  Mary  Mitchell,  1807. 

Letters  by  Job  Scott,  1807. 

Correction  of  Mosheim's  Ecclesiastical  History  regarding  Friends,  1812. 

Journal  of  Mary  Mitchell,  1812. 

Answer  of  Samuel  F.  Husscy  to  Asa  Rand,  1821 . 

Epistle  of  New  England  Yearly  Meeting  to  its  subordinate  meetings,        1827. 

Advice  from  the  Yearly  Meeting  to  its  subordinate  meetings,  1828. 

Testimony  of  Friends  on  the  Continent  of  America,  1831. 

Declaration  of  Faith  by  New  England  Yearly  Meeting,  1836. 

Address  on  the  subject  of  trafficking  in  ardent  spirits  on  voyages  to  the 

Pacific  Ocean,  183G. 

Address  to  Friends  and  others,  on  the  subject  of  Slavery,  1837 

Epistle  to  the  members  of  the  Society  of  Friends  in  New  England,  1838. 

Essay  on  Church  Government,  1840. 

Essay  on  Civil  Government,  1840. 

Memorials  of  deceased  Friends,  with  an  Introduction,  1841. 

An  Appeal  to  the  professors  of  Christianity  in  the  Southern  States,  and 

elsewhere  on  tlie  subject  of  Slavery,  1842. 

An  Essay  on  some  of  the  prominent  Doctrines  .and  Testimonies  of  deceas- 
ed Friends,  1843. 

Memorials  of  deceased  Friends,  1843. 

Address  to  the  Preparative  Monthly  ami  (Quarterly  Meetings   of  Friends 

within  the  limits  of  New  England  Yearly  Meeting,  1844. 

Epistle  from  New  England  Yearly  Meeting  to  its  subordinate  meetings, 

and  individual  members,  1845. 

A  declaration  of  the  New  England  Yearly  Meeting  of  Friends,  &c.,  1845. 

Narrative  of  facts  that  have  tended  to  produce  a  secession  in  New  England 

Yearly  Meeting,  1845. 

A  statement  of  the  several  meetings  composing  the  New  England  Yearly- 
Meeting,  1848. 

Books  of  Discipline  revised  and  reprinted,  1849. 

Jleraorials  of  deceased  Friends,  published  in  the  years  1849-1850-1851- 
1852-1854-1856  and  1860. 

Essay  in  vindication  of  the  disciplinary  proceedings  of  the  New  England 

Yearly  Meeting,  1852. 

Address  relating  to  Colored  Refugees,  1862. 

IMinutes  of  advice  to  Subordinate  Jlectings,  1863. 

Minutes  of  New  England  Yearly  meetings,  pnbli.shfd  yearly,  from  lS4(i 
to  1863, 

Review  of  a  Vindication  of  tlie    Disciplinary  Proceedings  of 

the  New  England  Yearly  Meeting  of  Friends. 
8vo.  pp.  42.  Philadelphia.   Collins,  1852. 

For  other  books  relating  to  the  Society  of  Friends,  see   Qiml-prs  ;   Gciinji-  For. 


UIIODK    INLAND.  129 

Fraxkmn  Lyci-.i-m,  Providence  K.  I.,  Charter  and  By-laws  of. 
12mo.  pp.  IG.  Providence.  B.  F.  Moore.  1843. 

The  Same,  with  list  of  members. 

8vo.  pp.  23.  Providence.  1850. 

Dedication   of  Lyceum  Hall,  Oration  by  Francis  E. 

Hoppin ;  and  Poem  by  Henry  C.  Whitaker ;  delivered 
on  the  opening  of  the  new  rooms,  November  19,  1858, 
witli  a  sketch  of  the  other  dedicatory  exercises. 

8vo.  pp.      Providence.  Printed  by  order  of  the  Lyceum.  1859. 

Free  Masonry.  A  discourse  delivered  at  Providence,  before 
the  Grand  Lodge  of  ancient  and  honorable  fraternity  of 
Free  and  Accepted  Masons  of  the  State  of  Rhode  Island, 
June  24.  1794.     By  Abraham  Lynson  Clarke,  A.  M. 

8vo.  pp.  18.  Providence.    Carter  ^  Wilkinson.  1794. 

An   oration  delivered  before  Mount  Vernon  Lodge, 

on  tlie  aniversary  election,   Febuary  22,  A.  L.  5811.     By 

John  Holroyd,  Esq.,  G.  S. 

8vo.  pp.  16.  Providence.  American  Office.  1811. 

An  address  before  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Rhode  Island, 

June  24,  1830.     By  David  Benedict. 

8vo.  pp.  21.  Pawtuchet.  3Ieacham  cf-  Foivler.  1830. 

Frieze,  Jacob.     A  concise  history  of  the  efforts  to  obtain  an 

extension  of  suffrage  in  Rhode  Island  ;  from  the  year  1811 

to  1842. 
12mo.  pp.  179.  Providence.  B.  F.  3Ioore.  1842. 


-^■^^^^n^-i>- 


Address  delivered 


.^^  AMMELL,  WILLIAM. 
~^     before  the  Rhode  Island    Historical  Society, 
at  the  opening  of  their  Cabinet,  on  ^^"cdnesday, 
November  20,  1844. 


8vo.  pp.  30. 

Providence. 


B.  Cranston  ,f-  Co.  1844. 


Life   of  Roger    Williams,  Founder  of   the  State  of 

Rhode  Island,  with  Portrait  of  Williams. 

12mo.  pp.  ix  and  221. 

Boston.   G-ould,  Kendall  cf  Lincoln.  1854. 

Gammell,  Prof.  William.  Sketch  of  the  Educational  and 
other  Benefactions  of  the  late  Hon.  Nicholas  Brown, 
with  portrait ;  8vo.  pp.  26.  Reprinted  from  Barnard's 
American  Journal  of  Education,  for  June,  1 857. 

8vo.  pp.  26.  Providence.  1857. 

Life  of  Samuel  Ward,  Sparks'  American  Biography, 

Vol.  19. 

Gang,  Stephen.,  A.  M.  A  Sermon  occasioned  by  the  death 
of  the  Rev.  Joseph  Snow,  Pastor  of  a  Congregational 
Church  in  Providence,  R.  I.,  who  departed  this  life  April 
10,  1 803,  aged  88  years  and  4  days.  This  sermon  was 
preached  in  the  meeting-house  of  the  deceased,  on  Lord's 
day  after  April  17,  1803. 

8vo.  pp.  24.  Providence.  J.  Carter.  1803. 


HHODE    ISLAM).  131 

Gano,  Rev.  Stephen.  Discourse  at  the  interment  of.  See 
Daniel  Sharp. 

Gardner  and  Potter  vs.  Hannah  Gardner  and  others.     An 

abridgment  of  the  case  of.     [Relative  to  a  wilL] 
8vo.  pp.  18.  Pjovidence.   Walter  B.  Danforth.  182Q. 

General  Treasury.  Further  report  of  the  Finance  Com- 
mittee of  the  State,  under  tlie  rcsohition  of  June  session, 
1851,  on  the  affairs  of  the  General  Treasury.     Jan.  1852. 

8vo.  pp.  12.  Providence.  Sayles  <f'  Miller.  1852. 

GiuHS,  Charles.  JVIutiny  and  Murder.  Confession  of  Chas. 
Gibbs,  a  native  of  Rhode  Island,  who,  with  Thomas  J. 
Wansley,  was  doomed  to  be  hung  in  New  York,  on  the  22d 
of  April  last,  foi-  the  murder  of  the  Captain  and  J\Iate  of 
the  Brig  Vineyard,  on  her  passage  from  New  Orleans  to 
Philadelphia,  in  November,  1830. 

12mo.  pp.  36.  Providence.  Israel  Smith.  1831. 

GiRRS,    George.     A  discourse    occasioned    by  the    death  of, 

and  delivered  in  Trinity  Church,  Newport,  Rhode   Island, 

October  23,  1803.     By  Theodore  Dehon,  A.  M.     Rector. 

8vo.  pp.  13.  Newport.  Ann  Barber.  1803. 

The  Gleaner.  Sustained  by  the  Senior  Department  of  the 
Girls'  High  School,  Providence,  Rhode  Island.  A  periodi- 
cal, 4  vols.  8vo.  Providence.  1855-7. 

Gleason,  Benjamin.  An  Oration  on  'the  Anniversary  of 
American  Independence.  Pronounced  before  the  Senior 
Class  of  Rhode  Island  College,  in  College  Chapel,  on  the 
evening  of  July  5,  1802. 

8vo.  pp.  16.  Boston.  Munroe  ^  Francis.  1802. 

GoDDVRD,  William  G.  Professor  of  Belles  Lettres  in  Brown 
University.  An  address  to  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa  Society  of 
Rhode  Island,  delivered  September  7,  1836. 

8vo.  pp.  30.  Boston.  John  H.  Eastburn.  1837. 

Memoir  of  the  Rev.  James  Manning,  D.   D.,   First 


132  lilBLIOGKAPHY    OF 

President  of  Brown  University  ;  with  biographical  notices 
of  some  of  liis  pupils.     With  Portrait  of  Manning. 

8vo.  pp.  24.  Boston.  Perkins  jf  Marvin.  1839. 

Originally  publislieJ  in  the  May  number  of  the  American  Quarterly  lleview 
for  1839. 

Brief  notices  of  the  Life  an^    Character  of  the  late 

Nicholas  Brown.     From  the  Providence  Joimial  of  October 

4,  1841. 
12mo.  pp.  15.  Providence.  1841. 

Address  to  the  people  of  Rhode  Island,  delivered  at 

Newport,  on  Wednesday,  May  3,  1843,  in  presence 
of  the  General  Assembly,  on  the  occasion  of  the  change  in 
the  Civil  Government  of  Rhode  Island,  by  the  adoption  of 
the  Constitution,  which  superseded  the  charter  of  1663. 

8vo.  pp.  80.  Providence.  Knowles  jf  Vose.  1843. 

Sketch  of  the  Life  of  Dr.  Solomon  Drowne,  in  Provi- 
dence Journal  for  1838,  and  American  Quarterly  Register, 
vol.  11.  p.  357. 

A  discourse  in  coinmemoi'ation  of  the  life  and    servi- 


ces of  William  G.  Goddard,  delivered  at  the  request  of  the 
Faculty,  in  the  chapel  of  Brown  University,  March  12, 
1846.  By  Francis  Wayland,  D.  D.,  President  of  Brown 
University. 

8vo.  pp.  31.  Providence.  B.  Cranston  ^'-  Co.  1846. 

Professor  Goddard  was  born  in  Providence,  in  1793,  and  graduated  at  Brown 
University  in  1812.  For  ten  years  he  was  editor  and  proprietor  of  the 
Khode  Island  American,  aTid  from  1825  to  1842  Professor  of  Moral  Philos- 
ophy and  Metaphysics  in  Brown  University.  Professor  Goddard  was  lui 
easy  and  graceful  writer,  was  well  read  in  English  literature,  and  had 
few  equals  in  this  branch  of  scholarship.  Bowdoin  College  conferred  on 
him  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Laws.  He  died  at  Providence  on  the  ICith 
February,  IHiti,  aged  52  years. 

GooDELL,  William.  The  rights  and  wrongs  of  Rhode  Isl- 
and.    See  Constitution. 

Gordon.  A  full  report  of  the  trial  of  John  Gordon  and 
William  Gordon,  charged  with  the  murder  of  Amasa 
Sprague  ;  before  the  Supreme  Court  of  Rhode  Island, 
March  term,  1844  ;  with  all  the  incidental  questions  raised 
in  the  trial  carefully  preserved — the  testimony  of  the  wit- 


liiioT)!'.  isi.xxn.  133 

nesses  nearly  verbatim — and  tlie  arguments  of  tlie  counsel, 
and  a  correct  plate  of  all  the  localities  described  in  the  testi- 
mony, prepared  expressly  for  this  report.  Reported  by 
Edward  C.  Larned  and  William  Knowles. 

8vo.  pp.  45.  Providence.  Transcript  Office.  1844. 

Goudox.  a  full  report  of  the  arguments  of  Thomas  F.  Car- 
penter, Samuel  Y.  Atwell,  and  Joseph  M.  Blake,  Attorney 
General,  in  the  case  of,  The  State  vs.  John  and  William 
Gordon,  for  the  murder  of  Amasa  Sprague,  Supreme 
Judicial  Court,  March,  1844.  Reported  by  Edward  C. 
Larned. 

8vo.  pp.  38.  Providence.   Tramcript  Office. 

Petition  of,  to  His  Excellency,  James  Fenner,  Gov- 
ernor of  the  State  of  Rhode  Island. 

8vo.  pp.  8.  Dated  February  10,  1845. 

Last  days  of  Gordon ;  being  the    trial  of  John   and 

William  Gordon,  for  the  murder  of  Amasa  Sprague  before 
the  Supreme  Court  of  Rhode  Island,  with  the  principal 
Avitnesses  in  the  case,  and  tlie  arguments  of  the  counsel, 
together  with  the  full  particulars  of  the  execution  of  John 
Gordon,  on  the  14th  of  February,  1845.  By  an  eye  wit- 
ness— also,  William's  full  disclosure  of  M'hat  he  avers  to  be 
facts  in  regard  to  the  murder. 

12mo.  pp.  64.  Boston.   Skinner  §-  Blanchard.  1845. 

GooKiN,  Daniel.  Historical  Collections  of  the  Indians  in  New 
England,  of  their  several  natures,  numbers,  customs,  man- 
ners, religion  and  government,  before  the  English  planted 
there.  Also  a  true  and  faithful  account  of  the  present  state 
and  condition  of  the  Praying  Indians,  (or  those  who  have 
visibly  received  the  gospel  in  New  England,)  declaring  the 
number  of  that  people,  the  situation  and  place  of  their 
Towns  and  Churches  ;  and  their  manner  of  worshipping 
God,  and  divers  otiier  matters  appertaining  thereto,  &c., 
&c.     Now  first  printed  from  the  Original  Manuscript. 

3Iass.  Hist.  Collection,  1st  series,  Vol.  1.  1792. 

The  Namigiinsetls  anil  I'okiinoketts  of  Rlioilc  Island,  are  among  the  Indian 
tribes   noticed  in  tliis  memoir,  wliich  extends  to  eiglity  [lages,  and  is  fol- 
lowed by  an  account  of  the  autlior. 
IT 


134  lilBLIOGRArilY    OF 

Gorton,  Sasiuel.  ■  Simplicities  Defence  against  Seven-headed 
Policy,  01'  Innocency  Vindicated,  being  unjustly  accused 
and  sorely  censured,  by  that  Seven-headed  Church  Gov- 
ernment united  in  New  England  :  or  that  Servant  so  Im- 
perious in  his  Master's  abscence,  revived,  and  now  thus 
re-acting  in  New  England.  Or  the  Combate  of  the 
United  Colonies,  not  onely  against  some  of  the  Natives 
and  Subjects,  but  against  the  authority  also  of  the  King- 
dome  of  England,  with  their  execution  of  Laws,  in 
the  name  and  authority  of  the  Servant,  (or  of  them- 
selves) and  not  in  the  name  and  authority  of  the  Lord,  or 
fountain  of  the  Government.  Wherein  is  declared  an 
Act  of  a  Great  People  and  Country  of  the  Indians  in  those 
parts,  both  Princes  and  People  (unanimously)  in  their 
voluntary  submission  and  subjection  unto  the  protection  and 
Government  of  Old  England,  (from  the  fame  they  hear 
thereof)  together  with  the  true  manner  and  forme  of  it,  as 
it  appears  under  their  own  hands  and  seals  ;  being  stirred 
up  and  provoked  thereto,  by  the  combate  and  courses  above- 
said.  Throughout  which  Treatise  is  secretly  intermingled, 
that  great  Opposition,  which  is  in  the  goings  forth  of  those 
two  grand  Spirits,  that  are,  and  ever  have  been,  extant  in 
the  AVorld,  (through  the  sons  of  men)  from  the  begin- 
ning and  foundation  thereof. 

4to.  pp.  — .  Dedication  2.  Epistle  to  reader  12  and  III. 

London.  Prinled  hy  John  Macock,  and  are  to  he  sold  by  Luke 
Favvne,  at  Jiis  sliop  in  PauVs  Church-yard.,  at  the  sign 
of  the  Parrot.  1646. 

Simplicities  Defence  against  Seven-headed  Policy,  or 


a  True  Complaint  of  a  Peaceable  People,  Being  Part  of  the 
Enolish  in  New  England,  Made  unto  the  State  of  Old 
England,  Against  Cruell  Persecutors,  United  in  Church 
Government  in  those  parts.  Wherein  is  made  manifest  the 
manifold  outrages,  cruelties,  oppressions  and  taxations,  by 
cruell  and  close  imprisonments,  fire  and  sword,  deprivation 
of  goods,  lands,  and  livelyhood ;  and  such  like  barbarous 
inhumanities,    exercised    upon    the    peo])le  of  Pi'ovidence 


KUODi;    I.<LAMJ.  135 

Plantations  in  tlie  Nanliyganset  Bay,  by  those  of  the  Massa- 
cliusetts,  with  thu  rest  of  tlic  United  Colonies,  stretching 
themselves  beyond  the  bounds  of  all  their  own  jurisdic- 
tions, porputratcd  and  acted  in  such  an  unreasonable  and 
barbarous  manner,  as  many  thereby  have  lost  their  lives. 
As  it  hath  been  faithfully  declared  to  the  Honorable  Com- 
mittee of  Lords  and  Commons  for  Forrain  Plantations ; 
whereupon  they  gave  present  order  for  redress.  The  sight 
and  consideration  whereof  hath  moved  a  great' Country  of 
the  Indians  and  Natives  in  those  parts,  Princes  and  people, 
to  submit  unto  th'e  crown  of  England,  and  earnestly  to  sue 
to  the  State  thereof,  for  safeguard  and  shelter  from  like 
cruelties. 

4to.  pp.  — .  London.  Printed  by  John  Macock,  andare  to  be 
sold  by  George  Wittington,  at  the  Blue  Anchor, 
neer  the  Rayed  Exchange,  in  Cornhill.       1647. 

"  Simplicities    Defence,"  with    notes    explanatory  of 

the  text ;  and  appendixes  containing  original  documents 
referred  to  in  the  work.     By  William  R.  Staples. 

8vo.  pp.  278.  Providence.  Marshall,  Broxmi  j)'-  Co.  1835. 

Tiie  liistoriciil,  biographiual  and  explanatoiy  notes  of  Judge  Staples  are  of 
great  interest,  as  well  as  tlie  original  documents  appended  to  the  work. 
It  forms  the  second  volume  of  the  Collections  of  the  Ithode  Island  His- 
torical Societj'. 

Saltmarsh  returned  from  the  Dead.     In  amico  Phila- 

lelhe,  or,  the  Resurrection  of  James  the  Apostle,  out  of  the 
grave  of  Cavnall  Glosses,  for  the  correction  of  the  Univer- 
sall  Apostacy,  which  cruelly  buryed  him,  who  yet  liveth. 
Appearing  in  the  comely  ornaments  of  his  Fifth  chapter,  in 
an  exercise,  June  4,  1654.  Having  laid  by  his  grave 
clothes,  in  a  despised  village  remote  from  England,  but 
wisliing  well,  and  heartily  desiring  the  true  prosperity 
thereof. 

4to.  pp.  xiv  and  198. 

London.  Printed  for  Giles  Calvert,  and  are  to  be  sold  at  the 
black  Spread  Eagle,  at  the  west  end  of  Pauls.  1655. 

An    Antidote    against    the    common    Plairue  of  the 

World,  or  an  answer  to  a  small  Treatise,  (as  in  water,  face 


136  DIliLIOCinAl'HY    OF 

answcreth  to  flice,)  entituled  iSallmarsh  returned  from  the 
Dead;  and  by  transplacing  the  letters  of  liis  name,  is 
Smartlash,  ascend  unto  the  throne  of  equity,  for  the  arraign- 
ment of  false  interpretours  of  the  word  of  God.  Summon- 
ed out  of  all  ages  to  appear  under  jjenalty  of  death,  chal- 
lenging the  consent,  or  forbidding  to  gainsay  the  common 
approved  priesthood  of  this  Age. 
4to.  pp.  18,  62  and  296. 

London.  Printed  hy  J.  31.,  for  A.  C.  1657. 

This  work  begins  with  a  Dedicatory  I'refece  of  18  pages  to  Oliver  Cromwell, 
signed  Samuel  Gorton,  and  dated  at  Warwick,  in  the  Naniganset  Bay, 
October  20,  1656.  This  is  followed  by  an  "Epistle  to  the  Reader,"  of  62 
pages,  signed  S.  G.,  Prefoce,  one  page.  Tlie  main  body  of  the  work,  ex- 
tending to  206  pages,  follows,  and  an  addenda  of  3  pages  of  faults  in 
printing  "  Saltmarsh  returned  from  the  Dead."  At  page  269  are  copies  of 
letters  whicli  passed  between  Gorton  and  certain  Quakers,  who  arrived  at 
Boston,  from  England,  but  were  forbidden  to  land  "lest  the  purity  of  that 
reUgion  professed  in  the  churches  of  New  England  should  be  defiled  with 
Errour." 

Gorton.  An  Incorruptible  Key  composed  of  tlie  ex.  Psalnie, 
wherewith  you  may  open  the  rest  of  the  Holy  Scriptures  ; 
Turning  itselfe  onely  according  to  the  composure  and  art  of 
that  lock,  of  the  closure  and  secrecy  of  that  great  mv.stery 
of  God  manifest  in  the  flesh,  but  justified  only  by  the  spirit 
which  it  evidently  openeth  and  revealeth  out  of 

Fall  and  resurrection ;  Sin  and  righteousnesse ;  Ascension  and  descension  : 
Height  and  depth  ;  First  and  Last ;  Beginning  and  ending  ;  Flesh  and 
spirit;  Wisdom  and  foolishnessse  ;  Strength  and  weakncsse  ;  Mortality  and 
immortality;  Jew  and  Gentile  ;  Light  and  darkncsse  ;  Unity  and  multi- 
plication; Fruitfnlness  and  barrenness;  Curse  and  blessing;  Man  anil 
woman  ;  Heaven  .and  earth ;  Life  and  doatli ;  Allsntficiency  and  deficiency  ; 
Kingdomc  and  Priesthood;  Goil  and  man. 

And  out  of  every  unity  made  up  of  twaine,  it  openeth  that  great  two- 
leafed  gate,  which  is  the  sole  entrie  into  the  City  of  God,  or  new  lerusa- 
lera,  into  which  none  but  the  king  of  glory  can  enter;  and  as  that  pater 
openeth  the  doore  of  the  sheepfold,  by  which  whosoever  entereth  is  the 
shepheard  of  the  sheep.  See  Isa.  l-j.  1.  Psal.  21,  7,  8,  9,  10.  John.  10, 
1,  2,  3.  Or,  (according  to  the  signification  of  the  word  translated  Ps.alme) 
it  is  a  pruning  knife,  to  lop  oft'  from  the  Church  of  Christ  all  super- 
fluous twigs  of  e.arthly  and  carnall  comniandements,  Lcviticall  .services  or 
Ministery,  and  fading  and  vanishing  Priests,  or  Ministers,  who  are  taken 
away  and  cease,  and  are  not  established  and  confirmed  by  death,  as  hold- 
ing no  correspondency  with  the  princely  dignity,  office  and  ministery  of 


lUlODK    LSI, AN  I).  l;>7 

our  Mclchisedek,  who  is  the  ouoly  Minister  ami  Jlinislery  of  tlic  sanctuary, 
of  that  true  tabernacle  which  the  Lord  pitcht  anJ  not  man.  For,  it  sup- 
plants the  old  man,  and  implants  the  new  ;  abro{;ates  the  old  Testament 
or  Covenant,  and  confirms  the  new,  uuto  a  thousand  generations,  or  in 
generations  forever. 

By  S.\muel  Goktox,  Gent.,  ami  at  the  time  of  tlie  penning 
hereof,  in  the  place  of  Indicature  (upon  Aquethneck,  alias 
Road  Island)  of  Pfovidence  Plantations,  in  the  Nanliy- 
ganset  Bay,  New  England. 

4to.  Dedication  pp.  22.  Table  10,  120  and  110. 

Printed  in  the  Yeere.  1647. 

Some  Notices  of  Samuel  Gorton,  one  of  the  first  set- 
tlers of  Warwick,  Ilhodo  Island,  daring  his  residence  at 
Plymouth,  Portsmouth  and  Providence ;  chiefly  derived 
from  early  nianuscrijits  ;  with  a  hrief  introductory  memoir. 
By  Charles  Deane. 

4to.  pp.  44.  Boston.   Coolidge  <|-  Wiley.  1S50 

Samuel  Gorton  came  to  tliis  country  from  England,  and  landed  in  Boston  in 
the  ye.ir  1G:!G,  soon  after  wliich  he  removed  to  Plj-nionth.  On  the  20th 
June,  1039,  he  was  admitted  an  inliabitant  at  Aquedncck,  orRliode  Island 
In  the  Introduction  to  Ids  edition  of  Siinplicitie's  Defence,  Judge  Staples, 
tlius  speaks  of  him:  "lie  was  the  founder  of  a  religious  sect.  In  an  age  and 
among  people  where  conformity  to  .an  established  religion  was  enforced  by 
tlie  civil  power,  Gorton  dared  to  think  for  himself,  and  to  avow  his  thoughts. 
And  such  were  the  powers  of  his  mind,  or  the  truth  of  his  position,  that 
he  soon  gathered  a  company  who  adopted  and  avowed  li1s  peculiar  prin- 
ciples, notwithstanding  the  repro.aches  and  penalties  to  which  sucli 
avowals  subjected  them.  Though  his  followers  cannot  be  called  illiterate 
still  such  were  the  circumstances  with  which  they  were  surrounded,  that 
they  left  but  scant\-  written  memorials,  either  of  their  leader  or  them- 
selves. Gorton  probably  wrote  more  than  tliem  all;  but  his  writings  are 
chiefly  of  a  polemic  or  religious  character,  iiud  contain  but  few  allusion.s 
to  himself. 

His  work  entiled  "  Simplicitic's  Defence,"  etc.,  although  chief!}' theological, 
conUuns,  as  lie  says  in  the  Dedication,  "  a  more  particular  and  full  rela- 
tion of  what  hath  passed  betwixt  some  other  Colonies  and  New  England 
and  ourselves."  This  was  first  printed  in  London  in  lOIG,  and  again  in 
1017.  Though  the  long  titles  to  these  .are  quite  different,  the  bod}- of  the 
work  is  the  same.  This  narrative  was  answered  by  Winslow,  in  a  work 
entitled  "  /////mcrsi*  Unmasked,"  London,  10 10,  and  again  under  the  title  of 
"The  Thnujtr  of  Tohraliiitj  Z^i*f//f/-s ;"  both  works  being  the  same,  with 
dilTerent  titles  only.  Besides  the  works  of  Gorton,  the  titles  of  which  .are 
given,  he  prepared  for  the  press  a  Commentary  on  the  Lord's  Pr.ayer,  the 
m.anuseript  of  which,  in  his  own  hand  writing,  is  now  in  the  possession 
of  the  Rhode  Island  Historical  Societ}-. 


138 


DIliLIOGRAPIIY    OF 


Gorton  always  had  tlie  confiJeiice  of  his  fellow -townsmen ;  and  during;  his 
long  life  filled  various  offices  of  the  town  of  Warwiek,  where  he  lived, 
or  of  the  Colony.  He  died  in  1077.  Besides  his  Biography  by  Mr.  Mackie 
there  is  a  candid  and  brief  memior  of  him,  by  Judge  Staples,  prefixed  to 
his  edition  of  SimpUcitie's  Defence  ;  but  the  reader  who  w.ould  fully  un- 
derstand his  character  and  principles,  must  study  the  iiistories  of  Win- 
throp,  Morton  and  Jolmston,  who  were  contemporary  with  him.  The 
notes  and  illustrative  documents  appended  by  Judge  Staples  to  SimpUci- 
tie's Defence,  are  copious  and  very  valuable. 

Grace  Chuech,  in  Providence.  A  sketcli  of  the  rise  and 
progress  of.  Compiled  by  a  clergyman,  for  the  Providence 
Journal.  (.J.  A.  E.)  1857, 

8vo.  pp.  4.  From  the  Providence  Journal.  1857. 

Graxger,  Rev.  J.  N.  A  sermon  occasioned  by  the  death 
of  the  Rev.  Zabdiel  Bradford,  delivered  before  the  Pine 
Street  Baptist  Church,  in  Providence,  June  10,  1819. 

8vo.  pp.  23.  Providence.    Weeden  cf-  Peek.  1849. 

Discourse  on  the  character  and  services  of.  See  Wni/- 

land. 

Gray,  Francis  C.  Oration  before  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa  Society 
of  Brown  University,Providence,  R.  I.,  on  Commencement 
Day,  September  17,  1842. 

8vo.  pp.  40.  Providence.  B.  Cranston  J-  Co.  1842. 

Greene,  General  Nathanael.  Memoir  of  the  Life  and 
Campaigns  of  the  Hon.  Nathanael  Greene,  Major  General 
in  the  army  of  the  United  States,  and  Commander  of  the 
Southern  Department,  in  the  "War  of  the  Revolution.  By 
Charles  Caldwell,  M.  D.  (Portrait  and  facsimile  of  letters 
of  Washington  and  Greene.) 

8vo.  pp.  xxn.  and  452.      Philadelphia.  Robert  Desilver.  1819. 

Sketches  of  the  Life  and  Correspondence  of  Com- 
piled chiefly  from  original  materials.  By  William  Johnson, 
of  Charleston,  S.  C.     Portrait. 

2vols.  4to.  pp.  xii.  and  515  ;  xi.  and  476. 

Charleston,  S.  C.  1822. 

Life   of,  by  Geo.  W.  Greene,    in  Sparks"  American 

Biography,  Vol.  20.  Boston.  184(3. 


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The  life  of.    Edited  by  William  Gilmorc  Simms,  Esq. 

12mo.  pp.  393.  Netv  York.   G.  F.  Coolichje  ^-  Bro.  1849. 

Greene,  Nathanael.  The  Life,  Letters  and  Despatches  of 
Major  General  Nathanael  Greene,  from  original  manuscripts 
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son, George  Washington  Greene.  With  Portraits,  Maps 
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7vols.  8vo.  Boston.  Little,  Brown  <f  Co. 

A  prospectus  lias  beeu  issued  for  tlie  publication  of  this  work. 

Greexe,  Albert  G.  An  oration  delivered  in  commemoration 
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<Svo.  pp.  16.  Providence.  John  Miller.  1823. 

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12mo.  pp.  xvi.  and  167.         Providence.  R.  H.  Brown.  1829. 

An  address  to  the  citizens  of  Providence,  (R.  I.)  on 

the  anniversary  Celebration  of  the  birth  day  of  Washing- 
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The  music  for  the  oJe  was  composed  expressly  for  the  occasion  by  Oliver 
Shaw,  a  celebrated  teacher  and  composer  of  Providence. 

Address  to    the  patrons  of   the  Manufacturers'  & 

Farmers'  Journal  and  Independent  Enquirer,  for  the  New 
Year,  1826. 

8vo.  pp.  8.  Providence.  Journal  ^  Enquirer.  1826. 

Oration  pronounced    before  the   Young  Men  of  the 

Town  of  Providence,  July  4,  1827. 

8vo.  pj).  28.  Providence.  Smith  <f  Parmcnter.  1827. 


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8vo.  pp.  22.  Providence.   Gladding  jf-  Proud.  1849. 

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8vo.  pp.  40.  Providence.  John  F.  Moore.  1851. 

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turers, July  9,  1798.     See  Stone''s  Hist,  of  the  Association. 

Griswold,  Alexander  V.  Memoir  of  the  Life  of  the  Right 
Rev.  Alexander  Viets  Griswold,  D.  D.,  Bishop  of  the 
Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the  Eastern  Diocese.  By 
John  S.  Stone,  D.  D.,  Rector  of  Christ's  Church,  Brook- 
lyn, New  York,  with  an  appendix;  to  which  is  added  a 
sermon,  charge  and  pastoral  letter  of  the  late  Bishop. 
Portrait. 

8vo.  pp.  xi.  and  620.  Philadelphia.  Stavely  (f-  McCalla.  1844. 

A  sermon    preached   at  Bristol,   R.  I.,  July  9,  1808, 

at  the  funeral  of  the  Hon.  William  Bradford,  Esq.  By 
Alexander  Y.  Griswold,  Rector  of  St.  Michael's  Church, 
in  Bristol. 

8vo.  pp.  15.  Bristol.    Golden  Dearth.  1X08. 


RHODE      ISLAND.  141 

A  discourse  delivered  in  Bristol,  Rhode  Island,  Feb- 
ruary 11,  1838,  occasioned  by  the  decease  of  the  Hon. 
James  D'Wolf  and  Mrs.  Ann  B.  D'WoIf,  his  wife. 

12mo.  pj..  14.  Bristol.    W.  H.  S.  Baijley.  1838. 

Bishop  Griswokl  was  born  in  Simsbury,  Connecticut,  April  22,  17G8.  He  was 
admitted  to  Holy  Orders  in  1795.  After  officiating  for  nine  years  in  his 
native  State,  he  removed  to  Bristol,  R.  I.,  in  1804  and  became  Rector  of 
St.  Michiiel's  Church.  In  1811  he  was  consecrated  the  first  Bishop  of  tlie 
Eiistern  Diocese  of  New  England.  In  1829  he  removed  to  Salem,  Mass., 
and  became  Rector  of  St.  Peters  Church,  there.  A  few  years  later  he 
relin(iulslie(l  parochial  duties  .and  took  up  his  residence  in  Boston,  where 
he  died  February  15,  1843,  at  the  age  of  77  years.  His  biograplier,  Dr. 
Stone,  stiys  :  "  Perhaps  not  once  in  an  age,  if  ever,  are  we  presented  with 
an  instance  ofe.irlier  and  indomitable  love  of  learning  than  th.at  which 
iv.as  exhibited  in  the  first  years  of  Bishop  Griswokl."  His  published  ser- 
mons, together  with  his  olficial  addresses,  charges  and  correspondence, 
denote  a  vigorous  and  highly  cultivated  mind. 

Guild,  Ili:uiiEN  A.     An  Account  of  the  Writings  of  Roger 

Williams. 
8vo.  pji.  11.  Providence.   S.  jS.  Rider.  1862. 

M.  Guild  also  has  in  preraration  a  work  with  the  following  title  : 

Memoirs  of  the  Life,  Times  and  Correspondence  of 

the  Rev.  James  Manning,  D.  D.,  First  President  of  Brown 
University  ;  Comprising  Annals  of  the  College  from  its 
Commencement  to  the  close  of  the  Year  1791^ ;  to  which 
is  added  a  Brief  History  of  tlie  University  down  to  the 
present  time ;  with  Biographical  Sketches  of  Manning's 
Friends  and  Pupils,  and  Illustrative  Documents. 

2  vols,  small  quarto. 

A  prospectus  just  issued  by  the  author,  states  that  the  first  volume  will  be  put 

to  press,  whenever  a  sufficient  number  of  subscribers  can  be  obtained  to 

warrant  the  expense. 
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'f^tAKLUYT  RICHARD.      Divers  voyages  toucli- 

ing  tlic  dlscoveric  of  America,     and    the    ilands 

adjacent  unto   the   same,  made  first  of"  all  by  our 

Englishmen,    and  afterward  by  the    Frenchmen 

and  Britons ;  and  certaine  notes  of  advertisements 

for  observations,  necessarie  for  such  as  shall  heereafter  make 

the  like  attempt.     With  two  mappes  annexed  heereunto  for 

the  plainer  understanding  of  the  whole  matter. 

small  4to.  unpaged.    Imprinted  at  London,  for  Thomas  Wond- 

cocke,  dwelling  in  Pauleys   Church  Yard,  at  the 

siijne  of  the  hlackbeare.  1582. 

This  rare  volume  contains  seven  articles  or  voyages,  the  5th  of  which  is  "The 
relation  of  lohn  Verarzanus,  a  Florentine,  of  the  lande  by  him  discovered 
in  the  name  of  his  Majestie,  written  in  Diepe,  the  eythof  July,  1524." 
It  is  mentioned  in  thisBibliograpliy,  inasmuch  as  it  cimtains  the  earliest 
known  account  of  Rhode  Island.  Verazzanollrst  discovered  Block  Island, 
which  he  called  'Claudia'  Island,  after  the  wife  or  mother  of  Francis  the  1st. 
He  entered  Newport  harbor,  where  he  remained  fourteen  days,  meanwhile 
making  an  exploration  of  what  is  now  known  as  Narragansett  Bay. 

The  voiages,    navigations,  trafKques  and  Discoveries 

of  the  English  nation,  and  in  some  few  places,  where  they 
have  not  been,  of  strangers,  performed  within  and  before  the 
time  of  these  hundred  yeares,  to  all  partes  of  the  Newfound 
world  of  America,  or  the  West  Indies,  from  73  deg.  of  North- 
erly to  57  of  S^outherly  Jatutnde  :  etc.,  etc. 
3  vols,  folio.  Black-letter.         Imj)rinted  at  London  by  George 
Bishop,  Italfe   Newheric    and   liobcrt   Barker. 
Anno  Dam.  15l'8-159'J-lli00. 


KIIODl-;    ISI.VM). 


143 


In  tlie  tliiril  vnlumcat  jm^c  '2'.l'>,  is  tin-  i-olatii>n  of  Vcrazziiiio's  vo_vaj;t'  ivfencil 
in  tlif  first  work  of  Ilaklnyt. 

A  new  eilition  of  Haklnyt's  voyages  was  publislicd  in  London  inl80'J-l:2,  in 
ovols.  4(0.  with  tlie  addition  Of  certain  voyafjcs  printed  in  tlie  first  edition 
and  omitted  in  tiic  second.  Two  hundred  and  fifty  copies  only  were  print- 
ed, besides  seventy-five  copies  on  large  paper.  Botli  are  now  scarce  and 
command  liigh  prices. 

Tlie  narrative  of  Vorrazzano  may  also  be  found  in  Rtimiisio's  Navl(/alione  ft 
I'm'/;//,  3  vols,  folio.  A^enetia,  1583-88.  From  tiiis  it  was  translated  for, 
and  appears  in  the  Collections  of  the  New  York  Historical  Society.  It  is 
also  inchidcd  in  the  publications  of  the  Ilakluyt  Society,  of  Loudon. 

H.\Gri:,  William.  An  Hi.storical  Discourse  delivered  at  tlie 
Celebration  of  the  second  centennial  anniversary  of  tlie 
Fir.st  Baptist  Church,  in  Providence,  November  7,  18-39. 
By  William  Hague,  Pastor  of  tlie  Church. 

12mo.  pp.  192.  Providence.  B.  Cranston  ij'  Co.  1839. 

H.\c;ii:,  Wii.Li.vM,  D.  D.  True  Friendship.  A  discourse 
commemorative  of  the  Life  and  Cliaracter  of  the  Rev. 
John  Overton  Choules,  D.  D.  Delivered  in  the  Second 
Baptist  Church,  Newport,  R.  I.,  on  Sunday,  Feb.  24, 1850. 

8vo.  pp.  70.  J^ew  York.  Sheldon,  Blakeman  jf-  Co.  1850. 

lIvi.L,  Rev.  Enw.\]in  B.  Discourses  comprising  a  history  of 
the  First  Congregational  Church,  in  Providence.  Deliv- 
ered June  19th,  1830,  after  the  close  of  a  century  from  the 
formation  of  the  Church. 

8vo.  pp.  62.  Providence.  Knoivles,  Vose  <|'  Co.  1836. 

A   Discourse   occasioned  by   the  death  of  William 

Eilerv  Channing,  delivered  in  the  First  Coneretrational 
Church,  Providence,  October  12,  1842. 

Svo.  pp.  34.  Providence.  B.  Cranston  J-   Co.  1842. 

Discourse  in  behalf  of  the  Children's  Friend  Society, 

Delivered  in  the  First  Baptist  meeting  house.  Providence, 
October  7,  1845. 

Svo.  pp.  10.  Providence.   C.  Burnett,  Jr.  1845. 

The  value  of  a  Man.     A  Discourse  occasioned  by  the 

death  of  the  Hon.  Henry  Wlieaton ;  Delivered  Sunday 
evening,  March  10,  1848,  in  the  First  Congregational 
Church,  Piovidence,  R.  I. 

8vo.  ])p.  23.  Providence.   C.  Burnett,  Jr.  1848. 


144 


}iIHT.I()fili  \1'HV    OF 


'An  address  before  tiie  II.  I.  Peace  Society  at  its  2TtIi 

Annual  Meeting,  June  30,  1844. 

8vo.  pp.  24.  Providence.  H.  E.  Broivn.  1844. 

■  A  Discourse  delivered  before  the  Rhode  Island  His- 
torical Society,  February  (3,  1855,  On  the  Life  and  Times 
of  John  Howland,  late  President  of  the  Society. 

8vo.  pp.  36.  Providence.   Geo.  H.  IVJiitne?/.  1855. 

A  Lecture    on  the   pleasures  and  vices  of  the  City, 

delivered  Sunday  evening,  March  30,  185G.     Published  by 
request. 

8vo.  pp.  31.  Providence.  Knowles,  Anthony  J-  Co.  1856. 

Sermon  on  the  installation  of.     See  Dewey. 

Hall,  J.  Prescott.     An  address  delivered  at  Middletown,  R. 

I.,  on  the  21st  of  September,  1854,  before  the  Aquidneck 

Agricultural  Society. 
8vo.  pp.  New2'"^rt.  Cranston  >J-  Norman.  1854. 

Hallett,  B.  F.  Argument  in  the  Rhode  Island  causes  be- 
fore the  Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States.  Martin 
Luther  vs.  Luther  M.  Borden  and  others,  and  Rachel 
Luther  vs.  the  Same. 

8vo.  pp.  71.  Boston.  Beals  ^  Greene.  1848. 

Halsey  Will  Case.     See  Currei/. 

Hamilton'.  Tlie  Whig  Party  ;  its  objects — its  principles — its 
candidates — its  duties — and  its  prospects.  An  address  to 
the  people  of  Rhode  Island,  published  in  tlie  Providence 
Journal,  in  a  series  of  articles  daring  the  months  of  Sep- 
tember and  October,  1844. 

8vo.  pp.  31.  Providence.  Knowles  ^  Vose.  1844. 

Hard-Scrabble  Calendar.  Report  of  the  Trials  of  Oliver 
Cummins,  Nathaniel  G.  Metcalf,  Gilbert  Humes  and 
Arthur  Farrier,  who  were  indicted  with  six  othei-s  for  a 
Riot,  and  for  "aiding  in  pulling  down  a  Dwelling  Mouse, 
on  the  18th  October,  at  Hard-Scrabble. 

Svo.  pp.  32.         Providence.  Printed  for  the  Purcliaser.  1824. 

Harris,    SAMfia,    F.,    of  Cincinnati.     Class  of  1858.     An 


miDDi-;  isi.wi). 


145 


onitioii  aiifl  1)00111,  (tlie  latter  by.lolm  M.  liny,  "f  Warsaw, 

Illinois,)  delivered  in  the  Chapel  of  Brown  University,  on 

Class  day,  June  10,  1858.    Printed  for  private  distribution. 

8vo.  pp.  43.  Providence.  Knowles,  Antliony  <f'  Co.  1858. 

Hart,  Rev.  Levi,  A.  M.  A  Discourse  on  1  Corinthians,  xv. 
17.  Addressed  to  the  Second  Congregational  Church  in  the 
City  of  Newport,  l\hode  Island,  at  the  ordination  of  the 
Rev.  "William  Patten  to  the  evangelical  ministry,  and  pas- 
toral office  over  them,  May  24,  1786.  Charge  by  the  Rev. 
Ezra  Stiles. 

8vo.  pp.  30.  Providence.  Jolni  Carter.  1786. 

IIvuT,  Lkvi,  D.  D.  a  Discourse  delivered  at  Newport,  Rhode 
Island,  at  the  funeral  of  the  Rev.  Samuel  Hopkins,  D.  D., 
Pastor  of  the  First  Congregational  Church,  there,  who 
died  on  the  20th  of  December,  A.  D.  1803,  in  the  eighty- 
third  year  of  his  age,  and  sixtieth  of  his  ministry. 

12mo.  pp.  21.  ?  Neicport.  1804. 

HvssARD,  Samuel,  A.  M.     An  oration  dehvered  at  the  Union 

jNIeeting  House,  in  Westerly,  R.  I.,  July  4, 1828. 
8vo.  pp.  24.  Stonington.    W.  <f-  J.  B.  Stone.  1828. 

Hayes,   Wixgate.       The    Revision  of  the  Laws;    prepared 

for  the  Providence  Journal,  of  June  30,  1857. 
8vo.  pp.  12.  Providence.  Knowles,  Antliony  jj-  Co.  1857. 

A  liistory  of  the  several  codes  of  the  Laws  of  Rhode  Island,  and  their  revi 
sions  from  the  iirst  code  adopted  in  1647  to  that  of  1857.  Mr.  Hayes  was 
one  of  the  commissioners  on  the  last  revision. 

Hazard,  Bexjamix.  Report  on  the  subject  of  an  extension 
of  Suffrage,  to  the  General  Assembly  of  Rhode  Island, 
June,  1829. 

8vo.  pp.  26.  1829. 

Report  of  the  committee  appointed  by  the  House  of 


Representatives,  of  the  State  of  Rhode  Island,  &c.,  to  en- 
quire into  the  expediency  of  increasiag  the  Banking  capital 
within  said  State. 
8vo.  pp.  40.  Providence.  Smith  .j-  Parmenter.  1826. 


1-iG  liiin.TorniAPHY  of 

Artiume-nt  of,  in   tlie  (-ase  of  tlie    Providence    Bank 


vs.  the  State  of  Rhode  Ishmd. 
8vo.  pp.  22.  January.  18S0. 

Letters  addressed  to  the  Hon.  John  Quincy  Adains, 

in  refutation  of  charges  made  by  that  gentleman  against  a 
committee  of  the  Legishxture  of  Riiode  Island,  and  ao;ainst 
the  Legislature  itself. 

8vo.  pp.  46.  Providence.  Marshall,  Brown  <j-  Co.  1834. 

Benjamin  Hazard  was  born  in  MiJdletown,  Rliode  Island,  September  18, 
1770;  graduated  at  Brown  University  in  1792,  and  was  admitted  to  tlie 
bar  in  179G.  He  commenced  practice  in  Newport,  and  ere  long  became 
one  of  the  most  distinguished  men  in  his  profession  in  the  State.  In 
1809,  he  was  elected  a  member  of  the  General  Assembly,  which  place  he 
continued  to  fill  for  thirty-one  successive  years,  a  portion  of  which  period 
he  was  Speaker  of  the  House.  In  the  sphere  whore  he  had  so  long  moved, 
he  ielt  himself  perfectly  at  home,  and  his  influence  was  most  potent.  As 
a  debater,  he  held  a  high  rank.  On  all  committees  of  the  Assembly  lie 
was  most  diligent,  and  his  reports  able.  That  upon  Banking,  mentioned 
above,  is  yet  referred  to,  as  the  most  able  essay  on  the  subject  ever  pro- 
duced in  the  State.  Mr.  Hazard  died  in  Newport,  March  10,  1811,  aged 
69  years 

Hazard,  Ebenezer.  Historical  Collections ;  consisting  of 
State  Papers,  and  other  authentic  documents ;  intended  as 
matei-ials  for  an  History  of  the  L'nited  States  of  America. 

2  vols.  4to.  Philadelphia.   T.  JDobson.  1792-94. 

This  valuable  collection  of  State  Papers  embraces  tliose  relating  to  Columbus, 
Cabot,  Sir  Humphrey  Gilbert,  Sir  Walter  Kuleigli,  various  Patents,  Char- 
ters of  the  several  English  Colonies  in  America  ;  with  a  great  variety  of 
documents  relating  to  these  colonies  and  New  France.  These  are  taken 
from  Hakluyt's  Voyages,  Rymer's  Foedera,  Rushworth's  Historical  Col- 
lections ;  the  Public  Records  of  the  Colonies,  and  from  rare  works  relat- 
ing to  America. 

The  following  list  embraces  such  as  relate  to  Rhode  Island  in  vol.  1  : 

Report  of  Arbitrators  at  Providence,  containing  proposals  for  a  form  of 

Government,  1G40. 

Patent  for  Providence  Plantations,  March  14,  IG43. 

Letter  to  the  Governor  and  Assistants  of  Massac'iusetts  Bay,  in  favor  of 
Roger  Williams. 

Letters  from  Roger  Williams,  President  of  Providence  Plantations,  to  the 

General  Court  of  Jfassachusetis  and  Deputies,  assembled  at  Boston.    ICM, 

League  of  Peace  entered  into  by  Massasoit,  an  Indian  sachem,  and  tlic 
first  settlers  of  Plymouth. 

Letters  from  William  Arnold  (of  Pawtuxet)  to  the  Governor  of  Jlns.sa- 

ehuselts,  ia.">l-lG.5L>. 


KHODE    ISLAND.  147 

Passport  for  Samuel  Gorton,  May  lu,  1640. 

Reiiioustriince  and  I'olition  of  the  Governor  and  Company  of  Massachu- 
setts to  tlie  Earl  of  Warwick  aud  other  Commissioners  for  Foreign 

Plantations,  in  way  of  answer  to    tlie  petition  and   declaration  of 

Samuel  Gorton. 
The  Parliament's  Commissioner's  Letter  to  Massachusetts,  about  Samuel 

Gorton,  May  25,  1047. 

The  following  in  Volume  2,  are  from  the  records  of  the   United   Colonies  of 

Jfew  England  ; 
A  Message  from  the  Commissioners  to  the   Xarragansett   Indians, 

September,  liHO,  page  11 

Settlement  of  dispute  between  tlie  Narragansetts  and  Uncas,  1614,  25 

War  with  the  Narragansetts  determined  npon,  2'J.  292 

Treaty  between  the  Commissioners  of  the  United  Colonies  and  the 

Sagamores  of  the  Narr.igansett  and  theNyantick  Indians,  104.5,  40 

Declaration  of  War  against  the  Xarragansetts,  1045,  45 

Queries  to  the  Sachem  Ninegrit,  and  others  of  the  Xarragansetts,  with 

their  replies  relative  to  their  position  with  the  English  and 

Dutch,  1653,  200 

Treaty  of  Peace  with  the  Narragansetts,  October,  1075,  530 

Sentence  of  Massachusetts  to  hang  Mary  Dyer,  of  Rhode   Island,  a 

Quaker,  500 

Declaration  of  the  General  Court  of  Massachusetts,  respecting  the 

Quakers,  with  reference  to  ilary  Dyer,  507 

Order  of  Massachusetts  to  proceed  against  Samuel    Gorton  and  liis 

Company,  with  other  references  to,  lO-l-Jo-lO'J 

Letter  from  the  Commissioners    to    Governor    Coddington  of  Kliode 

Island,  Septemlier  15,  1051,  190 

Letter  from  the  Commissioners  to  tlie  Government  of  Rhode  Island, 

September  10,  1601,  44S 

Letter  from   the  Commissioners  to  Rhode  Island,  requesting  the 

removal  of  the  Quakers,  September  12,  1657,  370 

Letter  from  Rhode  Island  to  Massachusetts,  in  answer,  relative  to  the 

removal  of  the  Quakers,  October  13,  1657,  5.52 

Documents  relating  to  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Xarragansett  Country, 

1002,  402-99 

Proposal  of  Rhode  Island  to  be  received  into  the  combination  with  the 

United  Colonies,  1048, 
Letter  from  the  Commissioners  to  Rhode  Island,  relative  to  the  sei- 

zui-e  of  a  vessel,  1053,  285 

Reply  of  Governor  Easton  to  the  same,  September  10, 1653,  293 

Charter  of  Rhode  Island,  July  8,  1663,  612 

For  a  variety  of  other  references  to,  see  Indexes,  at  the  end  of  each  volume. 
■■  In  a  few  years  after  the  English  had  established  themselves  at  Plymouth,  in 

New  England,  their  settlements  became  so  extensive,  and  were  so  distant 

from  eacli  other,  as  to  render  their  situation  very  insecure.     Surrounded 

by  enemies,  distracted  by  internal  divisions,  and  too  far  from  their  mother 

country,  to  receive  seasonable  assistance  from  her,  they  were   led  to  con- 


148  lUIiLIOfiliArUY    OF 

suit  tlieir  common- safety  ;  and  tor  tliat  purpose,  tlie  few  principal  colonies, 
(Massachusetts,  Plymouth,  Connecticut,  and  New  Haven),  confederated 
in  KUo.  They  gave  to  Commissioners,  annually  chosen,  the  manage- 
ment of  such  affairs  as  concerned  the  Union  generally,  while  each  retain- 
ed its  sovereignty  in  other  respects.  The  Commissioners  held  both  stated 
and  occasional  meetings,  and  kept  regular  journals  of  their  proceedings, 
which  have  acquired  the  name  of  the  Records  of  the  United  Colonies  of 
New  England.  Preface  to  Hazard's  State  Papers,  Vol.  2.  'I'hese  records 
have  lately  been  reprinted  in  the  "  Plymouth  Records,"  by  the  State  of 
Massachusetts.     They  contain  much  relating  to  Rhode  Island. 

Haz.\kd,  Rowland  G.     Address  before  the  Pawcatuck  Tem- 
perance Society,  at  Westerly,  July  4,  1843. 
12mo.  pp.  30. 

Address  before  the  Washington  County  Association, 

for  the  improvement  of  Public    Schools,   January  3,  1845. 

8vo.  pp.  42.  Providence.  B.  F.  Moore.  1845. 

Essay  on  the  Pliilosopliical    character  of  Channing. 

8vo.  pp.  40.  Boston.  James  Munroe  if-  Co.  1845. 

A  Discourse  delivered  before  the  Rhode  Island  His- 
torical Societj'',  on  the  evening  of  Tuesday,  January  I8th, 
1848;  on  the  character  and  writings  of  Chief  Justice 
Durtec.     PubHshed  at  the  request  of  the  Society. 

8vo.  pp.  45.  Providence.   Charles  Burnett,  Jr.  1848. 

Remarks  of,  iu  the  General  Assembly,  January,  1851, 

on  the  act  introduced  by  liiin  to  equalize  the  charges  for 
carrying  freight  on  the  Stonington  Rail  Road. 

8vo.  pp.  12.  Providence.  Sayles  <f  Miller.  1851. 

. Narragansett  Speech. 

8vo.  pp.  15.  [double  columns.]  October  21,  1856. 

Hazard,  Thomas  R.  Report  on  the  Poor  and  Insane  in 
Rhode  Island  ;  made  to  the  General  Assembly  at  its  Jan- 
uary session,  1851.  Printed  by  order  of  the  General 
Assembly,  [with  a  view  of  the  Butler  Hospital,  and  an 
appendix  on  the  Indian  Tribe.] 

8vo.  pp.  119.        .  Providence.  Joseph  Knowles.  1851. 

Facts  for  the  Laboring  Man.       By  a  Laboring  Man. 

8vo.  pp.  102.  Newport.  James  Atkinson.  1840. 

This  volume  contains  a  great  many  fjcts  relating  to  the  early  history  of  manu- 
facturing in  Rhode  Islaml. 


RHODE    ISLAND.  149 

A  Constitutional  Manual  for  the  National  American 

Party,  in  which  is  examined  the  question  of  Negro  Slavery 
in  connection  with  the  Constitution  of  the  United  States. 
By  a  Northern  man,  with  American  principles. 

8vo.  pp.  30.  Bated,  Vauclme,  R.  I.,  1  mo.  28,  1856. 

An  appeal  to  tiic  people  of  Rhode   Island,  in  behalf 

of  the  Constitution  and  Laws. 

8vo.  pp.  163.  Providence.  1857. 

This  relates  to  the  celebrated  case  of  Ives  vs.  Hazard. 

Letter  addressed  to  Robert  H.  Ives,  in  reply  to  his 

published  statements  in  relation  to  the  case  in  equity,  Ives 
vs.  Hazard. 

8vo.  pp.  48.  Newport.   Q-eorge  T.  Hammond.  1859. 

Memorial   of,    [to  the  General  Assembly  of  Rhode 

Island]  asking  for  the  removal  of  the  State  Reporter,  and 
the  impeachment  of  Chief  Justice  Ames,  etc. 

8vo.  pp.  16.  Providence.  A.  Crawford  Greene.   [1861.] 

Henshaw,  Rt.  Rev.  J.  P.  K.  A  Vindication  of  the  Protest- 
ant Episcopal  Chui'ch,  in  an  address  on  the  occasion  of  the 
laying  of  the  corner  stone  of  Grace  Church,  in  Providence, 
on  Tuesday,  April  8,  1815.  By  the  Rt.  Rev.  J.  P.  K. 
Henshaw,  D.  D.,  Rector  of  Grace  Church,  and'  Bishop  of 
Rhode  Island. 

12mo.  pp.  10.  Providence.  B.F.Moore.  1845. 

A  statement  of  facts  relating  to  the  late  ordination  at 

Grace  Church,  with  the  correspondence  on  the  subject  be- 
tween the  Rt.  Rev.  .1.  P.  K.  Henshaw,  D.  D.,  and  the 
Rev.  James  W.  Cooke,  Rector  of  St.  Michael's  Church, 
Bristol,  R.  I. 

8vo.  pp.  72.  Providence.    Charles  Burnett,  jr.  IMl. 

•  Review  of  the  Rev.  J.  W.  Cooke's  Pamphlet,  enti- 
tled "  A  Statement  of  fiicts  relating  to  the  Ordination  at 
Grace  Church,"  in  two  letters  addressed  to  the  Bishop  of 
the  Diocese.  By  the  Rev.  James  Mulchahey,  minister  of 
St.  Mary's  Church,  Portsmouth,  R.  I. 

8vo.  pp.  Providence.  C.  Burnett,  Jr.  1847. 

19 


150  BIBLIOGBAPHY    OF 

A  discourse  delivered  in  Grace  Church,  Providence, 


on  the  occasion  of  the  Third  Jubilee,  or  one  hundred  and 

fiftieth  anniversary  of  the  Society  for  the    Propagation  of 

the  Gospel  in  Foreign  Parts,  on    the   first  Sunday  after 

Trinity,  June  22,  1851. 

8vo.  pp.  36.  Providence.  J.  F.  Moore.  1851. 

This  discourse  contains  a  history  of  the  founding  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal 
Church  in  Rhode  Island,  wliich  was  coeval  with  that  of  the  Society  itself. 
Bisliop  Hensliaw  was  born  in  Middletown,  Connecticut,  June  13,  1792, 
and  graduated  at  Middlebury  College,  Vermont,  in  1808.  He  pursued 
his  theological  studies  with  Bisliop  Griswold,  lie  was  ordained  at  tlie  age 
of  twenty-one,  and  in  1810,  was  ordained  minister  of  St.  Ann's  CImrcli, 
Broolclyn,  N.  Y.  The  following  yeiir,  he  accepted  the  Rectorship  of  St. 
Peter's  Church,  Baltimore.  Dr.  Hensliaw's  Labors  closed  in  Mar3-land  in 
1843,  when  he  was  consecrated  Bishop  of  Rliode  Island.  While  on  a 
visit  to  Maryland,  he  died  suddenly  of  appoplex}',  July  19,  1852,  at  the 
age  of  sixty  years.  His  influence  was  felt  wherever  he  was  disposed  to 
exert  it,  and  he  is  said  to  have  controlled,  in  a  remarkable  manner,  the 
congregations  to  which  he  was  accustomed  to  minister. 

Sermon  on  the  consecration  of,  as  Bishop  of  Rliode 


Island.     See  Whittingham. 
Funeral  Sermon  on  the  death  of.     See  McJilton. 


The  High  School  Magazine,  issued  by  the  English  and  Scien- 
tific Department  of  the  Boys'  High  School,  Providence, 
Rhode  Island.     1st  number  issued  March,  1858. 

Hints  to  the  Farmers  of  Rhode  Island.     By  a  Freeman. 

8vo.  pp.  18      Providence.   Office  of  Republican  Herald.  1829. 

Relates  to  the  controversy  about  the  act  providing  for  the  use  of  Broad  Rim- 
med Wheels. 

What  a  Ploughman  said  about  the  "  Hints  to  Farm- 


ers," made  last  April  by  men  of  "  Trade." 
Svo.pp.  33.  Kingston.  May.  1829. 

Attributed  to  Tristam  Burges. 

Historical  Society.  The  Charter,  Constitution  and  Circular 
of  the  Rhode  Island  Historical  Society  ;  Incorporated  June, 
A.  D.,  1822. 

Svo.  pp.  8.  Providence.  Jones  rj-  Wheeler.   [1822.] 

Historical  Sketch,  Covenant  and  Articles  of  Faith,  of  the 


HHODK    ISI.WI).  151 

Fifth  Congregational  Churcli,  North  Main    Street,    Trovi- 
dence,  Rhode  Ishmd. 
18mo.  pp.  24.  Providence.  Allro  ^-  Hall.  1840. 

Hitchcock,  Enos.  D.  D.  An  oration  in  commemoration  of 
the  Independence  of  the  United  States  of  America  ;  deliv- 
ered in  Providence,  July  4,  1793. 

8vo.  pp.  19.  Providence.  Printed  hy  J.  Carter.  1793  ? 

A  discourse  delivered  at  the  dedication   of  the  New 


Congregational  Meeting-house  in  Providence  ;  and  also  at 
the  West  Parish  in  Brookfield,  November  10,  1795,  on  a 
like  occasion. 
8vo.  pp.  17.  Brookfield,  3Iass.  Bice  ^  Waldo.  1795. 

A  Funeral  Sermon,  occasioned  by  the  death  of  Sarah 

Bowen,  consort  of  the  Hon.  Jabez  Bowen,  Esq.,  who  died 
March  17, 1800,  in  the  58th  year  of  her  age.  Delivered 
in  the  Benevolent  Congregational  Church. 

8vo.  pp.  24.  Providence.  John  Carter,  Jun.  1800. 

Discourse  on  Education  ;  delivered  at  the  Meeting- 
house on  the  West  side  of  the  river,  in  Providence,  Novem- 
ber 16,  1785. 

4to.  pp.  IG.  Providence.  Bennett  Wlieeler.  1777. 

Funeral  Discourse  on.     See  Tappan. 


Dr.  Hitchcock  was  born  in  Massachusetts,  and  graduated  at  Harvard  College 
in  17G7.  Three  years  after,  he  was  ordained  pastor  of  the  second  church 
in  Beverly,  Massachusetts  ;  .and  on  the  brealcingout  of  tlie  Revolutionary 
War,  he  entered  tlie  army  as  Chaplain.  On  the  1st  of  October,  1780,  he 
was  installed  as  pastor  of  the  First  Congregational  Church  in  Providence. 
He  was  a  man  of  large  benevolence,  and  was  greatly  interested  in  the  sub- 
ject of  education,  and  was  one  of  the  earliest  promoters  of  Free  Schools. 
Besides  the  books  mentioned  above,  Dr.  Hitchcock  wrote  a  book  of 
Catechetical  Instructions,  and  Forms  of  Devotion ;  Memoirs  of  the 
Bloomsgrove  Family,  2  vols. ;  An  essay  on  the  Lord's  Supper ;  and 
various  funeral  discourses.     He  died  in  1803,  aged  58  years. 

Hoi.DKN,  Raxdai.l.  Letter  to  the  Governor  of  Massachu- 
setts, together  with  the  worshipful  assistants,  and  our  loving 
neighbors  there.     From  the  Hutchinson  Papers. 

MaxH.  Hist.  Col.  nd  Series.  Vol.  1. 


152  BIBLIOGRAPHY    OF 

HoLLisTER,  G.    H.     Mount   Hope,    or  Philip,   King   of   the 

Wampanoags  ;  an  Historical  Romance. 
12mo.  pp.  280.  M-w  York.  Harper  jf-  Brothers.  1851. 

HoLMAX,  Nathan.  A  funeral  oration,  delivered  in  the 
chapel  of  Rhode  Island  College,  on  Wednesday,  June  29, 
1796  ;  occasioned  by  the  death  of  Mr.  Alva  Spalding,  a 
member  of  the  Junior  Class. 

Svo.  pp.  14.  Providence.  Josepli  Fry.  1790. 

Holme,  Benjamin.  A  collection  of  the  Epistles  and  Works 
of  Benjamin  Holme.  To  which  is  prefixed  an  account  of 
his  Life  and  Travels  in  the  work  of  the  ministry  through 
several  parts  of  Europe  and  America ;  written  by  himself. 

Svo.  pp.  vii.  and  194.  London.  Luke  Hinde.  1753. 

The  author,  who  was  a  Quaker,  visited  and  hibored  iu  Rhode  Island  in  the 
course  of  his  missionary  travels,  of  whicli  he  gives  an  account. 

Holmes,  Abiel.  The  Life  of  Ezra  Stiles,  D.  D.,  L.  L.  D. 
A  Fellow  of  the  American  Philosophical  Society  ;  of  the 
Academy  of  American  Arts  and  Sciences  ;  a  corresponding 
member  of  the  Massachusetts  Historical  Society  ;  Professor 
of  Ecclesiastical  History  in  Yale  College.  By  Abiel  Holmes, 
A.  M.,  Pastor  of  the  First  Church  in    Cambridge. 

Svo.  pp.  403.  Boston.  Thomas  .f-  Andrews.  179S. 

Dr.  Stiles  was  for  many  years  a  settled  minister  in  Newport. 

Home  For  Aged  Women.  Charter,  Constitution  and  By- 
laws of,  established  in  Providence,  1856.  Incorporated 
January,  1857. 

12mo.  pp.  Providence.  H.  H.  Brown.  1857. 

Annual  Reports  of,  from  April,  1857,  to  May,  1802. 

1  to  6. 

Hopkins,  Stephen.  A  true  Representation  of  the  Plan 
formed  at  Albaii}',  for  uniting  all  the  British  Northern 
Colonies,  in  order  to  their  cominon  safety  and  defence  ;  con- 
taining abstracts  of  the  authorities  given  by  the  several 
governments  to  their  commissioners  ;  and  of  several  letters 
from  the  Secretaries  of  State,  and  Lords  Commissioners 
for   Trade  and  Plantations,   concerning  such  Union.     To- 


lUIODE    1:^1. .VXD.  lo3 

getlior  with  a  Representation  of  the  state  of  tlie  Enghsli 
and  French  Colonies  in  North  America ;  and  the  said  plan 
of  Union,  with  the  doings  of  the  Commissioners  thereon  ; 
and  some  remarks  on  the  whole. 

Folio,  pp.  14.  Bated  Providence,  March  29,  1755. 

The  Commissioners  from  Eliode  Island  were  Steplien  Hopkins  and  Martin 
Howard.  Tlie  Colonics  represented  were  Massachusetts  Bay,  New 
Hampshire,  Connecticut,  Khode  Island,  New  York,  New  Jersey,  Pennsyl- 
vania, Maryland,  Virginia,  North  Carolina  and  South  Carolina. 

•     An  Historical  account  of  the  planting  and  growth  of 

Providence,  R.  I.  First  printed  in  the  Providence  Gazette 
from  January  12th  to  March  30,  1765.  It  was  never  com- 
])leted  as  intended,  owing  to  the  disastrous  occurrences  of 
the  times. 

The  same,  reprinted  in  Mass.  Historical  Collections, 


2d  scries.  Vol.  ix. 
[Latter  to  the  people  of  Rhode  Island,  giving  "some 


public  account  of  such  parts  of  my  conduct  as  have  been 

most  censured."] 
Folio,  pp.  5.  Dated  Providence,  March  31,  1757. 

For  reply  to  the  above  from  Samuel  Ward,  Esq.,  see  Ward. 

The  Grievances   of  the  American  Colonies  candidly 

examined. 

Midst  the  low  murmurs  of  submissive  fear 

And  mingled  rage,  my  Hampden  rais'd  his  voice. 

And  to  the  Laws  appeal'd. — Thomson. 

8vo.  pp.  Printed  hy  autliority  at  Providence.  1765. 

The  same. 


8vo.  pp.  47.  London.  J.  Almon.  1766. 

A  large  number  of  pamphlets  was  published  in  London,  New  York  and  Boston 
during  this  and  the  following  years,  relative  to  the  rights  of  the  Colonies 
in  general,  but  more  particularly  of  the  Stamp  Act,  Gov.  Hopkins' 
work  was  twice  reprinted  in  London,  and  was  immediately  followed  by  a 
pamphlet,  tlie  title  of  which  follows  this.  To  the  latter  came  a  reply 
from  James  Otis,  entitled  :  "  A  Vindication  of  the  British  Colonies,"  one 
of  the  most  remarkable  works  of  the  day.  See  Olis,  and  the  works  which 
follow.  For  further  particulars  relating  to  this  most  exciting  period,  see 
Bancroft's  History,  Vol.  v. ;  and  Frank  Moore's  Diary  of  the  Revolution. 

A  Letter  from  a  gentleman  at  Halifax,  to  his  friends  in  Rhode 


154  HIUUOGRAPIIY    OF 

Island,  containing  remarks  upon  a  pamphlet  entitled  "  The 

Rights  of  the  Colonies  examined." 

Small  4to.  pp.  22.  JSTetvport.  S.  Hall.  1765. 

Stephen  Hopkins  was  one  of  the  most  remarkable  men  that  Rliode  Island 
ever  produced.  For  nearly  a  half  century  he  was  in  public  life.  He  first 
appears  as  clerk  of  one  of  the  Courts  ;  next  as  a  member  of  the  General 
Assembly  ;  then  as  Judge,  and  subsequently  as  Chief  Justice  of  the  Su- 
preme Court.  He  was  Governor  of  the  State,  at  various  times  from  1755 
to  1768;  one  of  the  signers  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence,  and  Mem- 
ber of  the  American  Congress  from  1774  to  1779.  He  was  born  in  1707, 
and  died  in  1783. 

For  an  address  to  the  public  concerning  negroes,  see 


Stiles. 

Hopkins,  S.\muel,  D.  D.  The  Life  and  Character  of  Miss 
Susanna  Anthony,  who  cUed  in  Newport,  Rhode  Island, 
June  23,  1791,  in  the  sixty-fifth  year  of  her  age.  Con- 
sisting chiefly  in  Extracts  from  her  Writings,  with  some 
Brief  Observations  on  them. 

8vo.  pp,  193.         Worcester,  Mass.  Leonard  Worcester.  1796. 

The  sanae  work. 

8vo.  pp.  168.  Hartford.  Hudson  <f-   Goodtvin.  1799. 

Memoirs  of  Miss  Susanna  Anthony,  &c.    By  Samuel 

Hopkins.     A  new  edition,  with  a  recommendatory  j)reface. 
By  Dr.  Ryland,  Mr.  Fuller  and  Mr.  Sutcliif. 

8vo.  pp.  ii.  and  241.  C/ipstonc.  J.    W.  Morris.  1808. 

Sketches   of  the  Life  of  the   late  Rev.  Samuel  IIoj) 


kins,  D.  D.  Pastor  of  the  First  Congregational  Church 
in  Xewport,  M'ritten  by  himself ;  interspersed  with  marginal 
notes,  extracted  fi-om  his  private  diary,  to  which  is  added 
a  Dialogue,  by  the  same  hand,  on  the  nature  and  extent  of 
true  Christian  submission  ;  also,  a  serious  address  to  Profess- 
ing Christians  ;  closed  by  Dr.  Hart's  Sermon  at  his  funeral  ; 
with  an  introduction  to  the  whole,  by  the  Editor.  I'lib- 
lished  by  Stephen  West,  D.  D.,  Pastor  of  the  Churcli  in 
Stockbridgo,  Mass.  Portrait. 
18mo.  pp.  xxii.  and  240.  Hartford.  Hudson  ^'  Goodwin.  1S05. 

Dr.  Hopkins  was  the  founder  of  the  Hopkinsian  School  of  Divinity.     He  was 
born  in  Waterbury,  Counecticut,  in   17:;i,  graduated  at   Yale  College  in 


RHODE    ISLAND. 


155 


1741 ;  stiulied  theology  under  the  celebrated  Jonathan  Edwards ;  was 
ordained  minister  of  Great  Barrington,  Conn.,  from  wliicli  place  he  was 
dismissed  by  an  ecclesiastical  council  in  ITC'J.  In  1770,  lie  was  settled  in 
the  ministry  at  Newport,  11. 1. 

The  war  of  tlie  revolution  interrupted  his  labors,  when  he  preached 
elsewhere.  In  1780,  he  returned  to  Newport,  but  found  his  congregation 
so  dispersed  and  impoverished,  tliat  lie  had  no  prospect  of  a  maintenance. 
Nevertheless,  he  continued  to  preach  in  Newport,  deriving  his  subsistence 
from  his  friends.  He  died  in  1802,  at  the  age  of  82.  la  addition  to  the 
books  mentioned  above,  which  appertain  to  Rhode  Island,  Dr.  Hopkins 
was  the  author  of  many  theological  works.  He  also  wrote  "  A  Dialogue, 
showing  it  to  be  the  duty  and  interest  of  the  American  States  to  emanci- 
pate all  their  African  Slaves,"  which  was  published  in  1776.  A  collected 
edition  of  his  works,  including  his  System  of  Doctrines,  with  a  memoir  of 
his  Life  and  Character,  was  published  by  the  Doctrinal  Tract  and  Book 
Society,,  in  Philadelpliia,  in  18-53,  in  3  vols.  8vo. 

"  The  celebrity  of  the  author,  who,  with  Edwards  and  Bellamy,  com- 
pletes the  American  triumvirate  of  eminent  writers  in  the  same  strain  of 
divinity,  would  have  rendered  this  work  much  more  pc)[)ular  and  useful, 
had  he  kept  clear  of  a  bold  and  grating  sentiment, — that  '  God  has  foreor- 
dained all  the  moral  evil  which  does  take  place,'  and  which  he  endeavors 
to  defend  with  more  ingenuity  than  success," — Dr.  E.  Williams'  C.  P. 

Memoir  of  the  Life  and  Character  of.    See  Ferguson. 

Reminiscences    of,  illustrative  of  his  Character  and 


Doctrines.     Sec  Patten. 
INIemoir  of  the  Life  and  Cliaracter  of.     See  Park. 


• —     Funeral  Sermon  on  the  death  of.     See  Hart. 

For  additional  notices  of  Dr.  Hopkins,  see  Whittier's  old  Portraits  and  modern 
Sketch's.  Tlie  Biographical  Dictionaries  of  Allen  and  Bluke ;  W.  Etlery 
Channini/s  Works ;  and  the  Christian  Examiner,  vol.  xxxiii.  p.  109. 

HoppiN.  Report  of  the  Special  Committee  on  the  memorial 
of  certain  citizens  of  Providence,  in  relation  to  the  election 
of  William  W.  Hoppin. 

8vo.  pp.  14.  Providence.  Sayles,  Miller  ^  Simons.  1853. 

Hoppix,  Levi.     Oration  on  the  death  of.     See  Wm.  Emmons. 

Hoppix,  Francis  E.  Oration  by,  delivered  upon  the  occasion 
of  the  opening  of  the  new  rooms  of  the  Franklin  Lyceum, 
November  19, 1858. 

8vo.  pp.  Providence.  Knowles,  Anthony  tf  Co.  1859. 

Hough,  Fkankein  B.  Narrative  of  the  causes  which  led  to 
Kino-  Philip's  War.     See  Easton. 


156 


BIBLIOGRAPHY    OF 


HovEY,  Alvah,  D.'  D.     a  memoir  of  the  Life  and  Times  of 

the  Rev.  Isaac  Backus,  A.  M. 

12mo.  pp.  369.  Boston.   Gould  ^^  Lincoln.  1859. 

This  volume  contains  much  petaining  to  the  religious  history  of  Rhode  Isl- 
and, and  especially  the  Baptist  History. 

HowLAND,  John.  A  Lecture  road  at  a  Quarterly  meeting  of 
the  Providence  Association  of  Mechanics  and  JNIanufactur- 
ers,  January  4,  1799. 

4to.  pp.  14.  Providence.  Bennett  Wheeler.  1799. 

The   same.      Reprinted    in   Stone's    Sketch    of  the 

Association,  which  see  1860. 

An  Address  delivered  before  the  Providence  Associ- 


ation of  Mechanics   and   Manufacturers,  April   9,    1810. 
Being  the  Anniversary  of  the  choice  of  officers  in  the  Asso- 
ciation. 
8vo.  pp. -25.  Providence.  Jones  cf-  Wheeler.  1810. 

An  Oration  delivered  before    the  Providence  Asso- 
ciation of  Mechanicks  and  Manufacturers,  April  13,  1818. 

8vo.  pp.  24.  Providence.  Miller  4'  HiUchins.  1818. 

Address  delivered  before  the  Providence  Assoication 

of  Mechanics  and  Manufacturers,  on  the  occasion  of  open- 
ing Mechanicks'  Hall,  January  10,  A.  D.,  1825.  By  John 
Howland,    President  of  the  Association. 

8vo.  pp.  12.  '  Providence.  H.  H.  Broivn.  1830. 

The  Same.     Reprinted,  with  the  by-laws  and  list  of 

members.  1850. 

A  Biographical  sketch  of  the  Rev.  James    Manning, 


D.  D.,  formerly  President  of  Brown  University. 
8vo.  pp.  16.  Providence.  1815. 
An  article  in  the  January  number  of  tlie  Rhode  Island  Repository  for  1815. 
Letter  from  John  Howland,  Esq.,  relative  to  the  Rhode 

Island  Regiment,  commanded  by  Col.  Christopher  Lippitt, 

in  the  years  1776  and  1777. 
12mo.  pp.  11.  Providence.  H.U.Brown.  1831. 

Notices  of  the  military  services  rendered  by  the  mili- 


KIIOUK      ISLAND.  157 

ti;i  US  well  as  by  tlie  enlisted  troops  of  the  State  of  Rhode 
Island  during  the  revolutionary  war. 
12mo.  pp.  11.  Providence.  1832. 

Discourse  on  the  Life  and  Times  of.    See  E.  B.  Hall. 


.  Life  and  Ilecollections  of.     See  E.  31.  Stone. 

Joliii  IlowlanJ  was  a  direct  dcscGmlant  of  Jolin  Ilowlanil  born  in  1592,  one  of 
tlie  founders  of  tlie  Plymouth  colony.  He  was  born  in  Newport,  Rhode 
Island,  October  31st,  1757,  and  removed  to  Providence  in  his  thirteenth 
year.  He  entered  the  army  of  the  revolution  at  an  early  age,  and  was  for 
half  a  century  an  active  political  associate  of  the  leading  statesmen  of 
Uhode  Island.  Besides  filling  many  offices  of  trust,  he  was  I'resident  of 
tlie  RlioJe  Island  Historical  Society  for  21  years  ;  an  active  member  of 
the  School  Committee  for  20  years  ;  and  for  many  years  President  of  the 
Mechanics  Association.  His  whole  life  was  devoted  to  the  public  good, 
and  to  the  advancement  of  the  interests  of  others.  He  died  Xovember  5, 
1854,  at  the  age  of  97  years. 

lIunBARD,  Ri:v.  II.  G.  A  historical  discourse  delivered  on 
the  Fiftieth  Anniversary  of  the  organization  of  the  First 
Baptist  Church  in  Bristol,  Rhode  Island. 

8vo.  pp.  18.  Providence.  A.  Crawford  Greene.  1861. 

Hubbard,  Willi a:m.  The  present  state  of  New  England, 
being  a  narrative  of  the  troubles  with  the  Indians  in  New 
England  ;  to  which  is  added  a  discourse  about  the  war  with 
the  Pequods  in  the  year  1637. 

Small  4to.  pp.  88.  London.  1677. 

Hubbard,  Gov.  H.  Letter  to  Gov.  King,  refusing  to  dehver 
up  Thomas  W.  Dorr.     (See  Constitution.) 

HuDSox,  David.  History  of  Jemima  "Wilkinson,  a  Preacli- 
eress  of  the  Eighteenth  Century;  containing  an  authentic 
narrative  of  her  life  and  character ;  and  of  the  rise,  pro- 
gress, and  conclusion  of  her  ministry. 

l^mo.'pp.  208  and  appendix  20. 

aeneva,  K  Y.  S.  P.  Have.  1821. 

Humphreys.  An  Historical  account  ot  the  Incorporated 
Society  for  the  propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  Foreign  parts. 
Containing  their  foundation  proceedings,  and  the  success 
of  their  missionaries  in   the  British  Colonies  to    the   year 

20 


158  BIHLIOGRAVIIY    OP 

1728.     By  David  Humphreys,   D.   D.,  Secretary   to  the 
Honorable  Society. 
Bvo.  pp.  xxxi.  and  35G.  London.  1730. 

The  Same. 

8vo.  pp.  135.  London.   [1852.] 

Reprinted  also,  in  the  "  Church  Review"  of  1851-2. 


In  this  volume  is  a  particular  account  of  the  state  of  religion  in  Rhode  Isl- 
and, and  of  the  founding  of  an  Episcopal  Church  here  in  1701,  by  tlie 
Rev.  Jlr.  Honeynian.  "  Though  the  Island  was  full  of  persons  of  many 
persuasions,  especially  Quakers,"  says  the  author,  "  the  Governor  himself 
being  such,  yet  by  his  prudent  behavour,  he  gave  offence  to  none,  and 
gained  many  to  the  Church." 

HuxTER,  William.  An  Oration  delivered  in  the  Baptist 
Meeting-house,  in  Newport,  July  4,  A.  D.,  1795,  on  the 
celebration  of  the  nineteenth  anniversary  of  American  In- 
dependence. 

8vo.  pp.  30.  Neivport.  Henry  Barber.  1795. 

An  Oration,  delivered  in  Trinity  Church,  in  Newport, 

July  4, 1801. 

8vo.  pp.  32.  NQwport.  3Iercury  Office.  1801. 

Oration  pronounced  before  the  citizens  of  Providence, 

on  the  4th  of  July,  1826,  being  the  Fiftieth  anniversary  of 
American  Independence. 

8vo.  pp.  4l3.  and  4.       Providence.  Smith  <j-  Parmenter.  1826. 
This  pamphlet  relates  chiefly  to  the  part  taken  by  Rhode  Island  in  the  "  splen- 
did drama"  of  American  Independence. 

The  Same.     Second  edition,  pp.  46.  1826. 

Annual   Address,  delivered  before  the  Rhode  Island 

Society  for  the  Encouragement  of  Domestic  Industry,  Octo- 
ber 20,  1824. 

8vo.  pp.  43.  Providence.   Carlih  ^^  Brown.  1826. 

Mr.  Hunter  was  a  native  of  Newport,  Rhode  Island,  and  graduated  at  Brown 
University  in  17'Jl.  He  soon  after  went  to  ICngland,  wliere  he  studied 
medicine,  which  he  afterwards  relinquished,  and  studied  law  at  the  Inner 
Temple,  London.  Ou  his  return  to  Newport,  lie  was  admitted  to  the  bar, 
and  soon  rose  to  eminence  in  his  profession.  For  many  years  he  was 
a  member  of  the  General  Assembly  of  Rhode  Islaiid.  In  1811,  he  was 
elected  a  Senator  in  Congress,  which  place  he  held  till  1821.  In  1834, 
he  was  appointed  Charge  des  Afiiiires  to  Brazil,  and  in   1812,   Minister 


UHODK    ISLAND. 


159 


Plenipotentiary  to  tlie  same  Court.  On  liis  return  to  liis  native  town  in 
1844,  lie  retired  iVom  publio  lite.  Jlr.  Hunter  was  a  man  of  varied  and 
extensive  learning.    Uc  died,  December  3,  1849,  aged  75  years. 

HuxTi.xGTox,  Rev.  Daxiei*,  A.  M.  A  Poem,  on  the  plea- 
sures and  advantages  of  true  religion.  Delivered  before 
the  United  Brothers'  Society,  in  Brown  University,  on  their 
anniversary,  August  31,  1819.     Published  by  request. 

8vo.  pp.  23.  Providence.  1819. 


«.J*^^|r^a,1 


MPRISONiAlENT   FOR  DEBT.      Report  of  the 
Select  Committee  on  the  Bill  "To  abolish  imprison- 
ment for  debt."     By  Wm.  B.  Lawrence  anrl  Sctli 
W.  Macy. 
8vc.  pp.  20.  Octohcr.  1851. 

Indians.  The  number  of  Indians  in  Rhode  Island.  From 
an  account  of  the  number  of  Inhabitants  of  that  colony, 
taken  between  the  4th  of  May  and  the  14th  of  June, 
1774,  and  ordered  to  be  printed  by  the  General  Assembly. 
— Mass.  Hist.  Collection,  \st  series,  vol.  x. 

Account  of  an  Indian  visitation,  A.  D.,  1(398,  copied 


for  Dr.  Stiles,    by  the   Rev.  Mr.  Hawley,   Missionary  at 
Marshpee,  from  the  printed  account  published  in  1698.  Ibid. 
Contains,  amon^'  others,  notices  of  the  Indians  in  Little  Compton  and  Nan- 
tucket. 

King  Ninegret'sTribe  of  Indians,  A.  D.,  1761.  Ibid. 

Relation  of  the  Indian  Plot,  of  Miantenomo,  Sa- 
chem of  the  Narragansetts,  to  destroy  the  English,  1642. 
— Mass.  Hist.  Coll.  ?>d  series,  vol.  3. 

Indian    Lands.     Intrusion   of  Rhode   Island    people 

upon.    1669. — Mass.  Hist.  Coll.  Ibid. 

Manuscri])ts  relating  to  the  Narragansett  Indians,  in 

the  archives  of  the  State,  1735  to  1842.     2  vols,  folio. 


KHDDK    ISLAND. 


IGl 


Report  of  tlie  Committee  on  tlie  Indian  Tribe,  made 

to  tlie  General  Assembly,  October  Session,  18o:i.  By 
Elislia  R.  Potter.     Published  by  order  of  the  Senate. 

8vo.  p]).  8.  Providence.  Sayhs  ^  Miller.  1852. 

Indians.     For  books  relating  to,  see  Church's  Indian  Wars  ; 

Drake's   Book  of  the  Indians;   Easton's  Philip's  Indian 

War ;  Gookin ;  Mather ;  New  EnglamVs  Tears  for  her 
Present  Miseries ;  Wiles;  Huhhard;  Irving. 

Indian  Wak.  The  present  state  of  New  England,  with 
respect  to  the  Indian  War.  Wherein  is  an  account  of  the 
true  reason  thereof,  (as  far  as  can  be  judged  by  men.) 
Together  with  the  most  i-emarkable  passages  that  have  hap- 
pened from  the  20th  June,  till  the  10th  of  November, 
1675.  Faithfully  composed  by  a  Merchant  of  Boston,  and 
communicated  to  his  Friend  in  London. 

Folio,  pp.  19.     London.  Printed/or  Dorman  Newman.  1675. 

Indian  Wak.  A  continuation  of  the  State  of  New  England  ; 
being  a  fiirtlier  account  of  the  Engagement  betwixt  the 
joint  Forces  of  the  United  English  Collonies  and  the 
Indians,  on  the  I'Jth  of  December,  1G75 ;  with  the  true 
number  of  the  slain  and  wounded,  and  the  transactions  of 
the  English  Army  since  the  s:ud  Fight ;  With  all  the  other 
j)assages  that  have  there  hapned,  from  the  lOtli  of  Novem- 
ber, 1075,  to  the  8th  of  February,  1675-G. 

Folio,  pp.  20.     London.  Printed  for  Dorman  Newman.  1670. 

Indian  War.  A  New  and  further  Narrative  of  the  State  of 
New  England ;  being  a  continued  account  of  the  Bloudy 
Indian  War,  From  March  till  August,  1670.  Giving  a 
perfect  relation  of  the  Several  Devastations,  Engagements, 
and  Transactions  there  ;  as  also,  the  great  successes  lately 
obtained  against  the  Barbarous  Indians ;  the  reducing  of 
King  Philip,  and  the  killing  of  one  of  his  Queens,  &c. 
Together  with  a  catalogue  of  the  losses  in  the  whole,  sus- 
tained on  either  side,  since  the  said  war  began,  as  near  as 
can  be  collected. 

Folio,  pp.  14.     London.  Printed  for  Dorman  Newman.  1070. 


162  lUBI.IOGKAl'HT    Ol' 

Indian  Wak.  A  true  account  of  the  most  considerable  occur- 
rences that  have  hapned  in  tlie  Warre  between  the  English 
and  Indians  in  New  England,  From  the  5th  of  May,  1676, 
to  the  fourth  of  August  last ;  as  also,  of  the  successes  it 
hath  pleased  God  to  give  the  English  against  them. 

Folio,  pp.  10.  London.  Benjamin  Billingsley.  1676. 

Industrial  Statistics  of  the  State  of  Rhode  Island,  (Report 
on)  from  materials  collected  by  the  Rhode  Island  Society 
for  the  Encouragement  of  Domestic  Industry,  in  accordance 
with  a  resolution  of  the  General  Assembly,  Janu^ary,  1860. 

8vo.  pp.  22.  Providence.  A.  Crawford  G-reene.  1861. 

Irving,  Washington.  Philip  of  Pokanoket.  An  Indian 
Memoir.     Sketch  Book. 

Ives,  Thomas  Poynton.  Obituary  notice  of,  who  died  April 
30th,  1835,  by  William  G.  Goddard.  From  the  Providence 
Journal  of  May  5th  1835. 

8vo.  pp.  6.  Providence.  1835. 

Ives,  Moses  Brown.     A  discourse  in  commemoration  of  the 

Life  and  Character  of.     By  Francis  Wayland. 
8vo.  pp.  25.  Providence.  Knoivles,  Anthony  if-  Co.  1857. 

The  Same.     Large  paper,  4to. 

The  late  Moses  Brown  Ives.  Extracts  from  the  Provi- 
dence Journal,  August  8,  and  August  12,  1857.  Provi- 
dence Tribune  and  Providence  Post.  Resolutions  adopted 
by  various  public  bodies  at  the  time  of  Mr.  Ives's  death,  etc. 

8vo.  pp.  12.  Providence.  Privately  printed.  1857. 

IVES  AND  HAZARD  CASE.     Books  relating  to. 

Supreme  Coiu-t  in  Equity,  March   term,  1853.     No. 


230.     Robert  Ives  vs.  Charles  T.  Hazard,  Henry  A.  Mid- 
dleton,  Mumford  Hazard.     Opening   argument  for   com- 
plainant. 
8vo.  pp.  30.  Providence.  Knowles,  Anthony  J-  Co.  1855. 

Same  case.     Closing  argument  for  complainant. 

8vo.  pp.  19.  Providence.  Knoivles,  Anthony  <f  Co.  1855. 


UIIODl-:   ISLAM).  163 

Siime  case.     March  term,  1855.     Arguments  for  De- 
fendants. 
3V0.  pp.  127.         Providence.  Knowles,  Anthony  <J-  Co.  1855. 

Report  of  the  Case  of  Ives  vs.  Hazard  and  others,  in 


the  Supreme  Court  of  Khode  Island,  September  term,  1855. 
Present:     Hon.  William R.  Staples,  Chief  Justice;  Hon. 
George  A.   Brayton,    Hon.    Alfred    Eosworth,    Justices. 
From  the  -1th  volume  of  Rhode  Island  Reports. 
8vo.  pp.  15.  Boston.  Little,  Brown  ^-  Co.  1858. 

■     Speech  upon  a  resolution  to  appoint  a  committee,  and 

to  send  for  jiersons  and  papers  to  examine  into  the  subject 
of  tlic  memorial  of  Geo.  H.  Calvert  ct  al.,  and  of  Charles 
T.  Hazard,  delivered  in  the  House  of  Representatives, 
February  3,  1858.     Published  in  the  Providence  Journal. 

An  appeal  to  the  people  of  Rhode  Island  in  behalf  of 


the  Constitution  and  the  Laws ;  By  Thomas  II.  Hazard. 
"  And   judgment   is  turned  away   backward,  and  justice 
standeth  afar  off,  for  truth  is  fallen  in  the  street,  and  equity 
cannot  enter." 
8vo.  pp.  163.  [Providence.']  1857. 

Letter  addressed  to  Robert  H.  Ives,  in  reply  to  his 

published  statements  in  relation  to  the  case  in  e<piity,  Ives 
vs.  Hazard.     By  Thomas  R.  Hazard. 

8vo.  pp.  48.  Xeicport.   Gcorr/e  T.  Hammond.  1859. 

Report  of  the  Special  Committee  on  Equity  powers 

of  Supreme  Court. 
8vo.  pp.  8.  Providence.  Knowles,  Anthony  cj-  Co.  1859. 

Robert  H.  Ives  vs.  Charles  T.  Hazard  and  others. 

Deposition  of  Moses  B.  Ives. 

8vo.  pp.  G.  Providence.  1859. 

Speech  of  Thomas  A.  Jenckes,  of  Providence,  upon 

the  resolution  to  annul  the  decree  of  the  Supreme  Court  in 
the  case  Ives  vs.  Hazard,  et  al.,  delivered  in  the  House  of 
Representatives  of  Rhode  Island,  on  the  23d  and  24th  of 
February,  1859.     Reported  by  William  Henry  Burr. 

Bvo.  ])p.  58.  Providence.  Knowles,  Anthony  J*  Co.  1859. 


164  hihliogkaphy  of 

Speecli  of  lion.  Natlian  F.  Dixon,  of  Westei'Iy,  upon 


the  resolution  to  annul  the  decree  of  the  Supreme  Coui"t, 

in  the  case  of  Robert  H.  Ives  vs.  Charles  T.  Hazard,  et  al. 

8vo.  pp.  36.  Providence.  Knowles,  Anlnony  ^  Co. 

Speech  of  William  P.  Sheffield,  of  Newport,  upon 

the  resolution  to  annul  the  decree  of  the  Supreme  Court,  in 
the  case,  Ives  vs.  Hazard,  delivered  in  the  House  of  Rep- 
resentatives, January  17,  1859. 

8vo.  pp.11.  Providence.  Knou-lcs,  Anthomj  Sf  Co.  1859. 

Speech  of  Hon.  Joseph  j\I.  Blake,  upon  the  report  of 


the  case,  Ives  vs.  Hazard,  made  to  Chief  Justice  Samuel 
Ames,  State  Reporter. 
8vo.  pp.  16 

— ■ To  the  people  of  Rhode  Island:     Ives  vs.   Hazard. 

By  Charles  T.  Hazard. 
8vo.  pp.  4.   From  the  Providence  Journal  of  February  9,  18G0. 

Remarks  of  the  Hon.  Samuel  Ames,  reporter  of  the 

Decisions  of  the  Supreme  Court,  in  explanation  of  his 
repoi-t  of  the  case,  Robert  H.  Ives  vs.  Charles  T.  Hazard, 
et  al. 

8vo.  pp.  25.  Providence.  Knowles,  Anthony  J-  Co.  1859. 

The  Rhode  Island  Controversy.     A  short  history  of 

the  case  of  Ives  vs.  Hazard.  From  the  Boston  Law  Re- 
porter for  June. 

8vo.  pp.  12.  Boston.  Geo.  C.  Rand  jf*  Avery.  1859. 

Majority  Report  of  the  Special  Committee   on   the 

petition  of  Charles  T.  Hazard. 

8vo.  pp.  7.  Providence.  Knowles,  Anthony  cj-  Co.  1860. 

"  The  astonishing  Development."     Ives  vs.  Hazard. 


From  the  Republican  Herald,  Providence,   June  4,  1859. 
To  the  people  of  Rhode  Island  :     Memorial  of  Mum- 


ford  Hazard.   ,  8vo.  1858- 
The  General  Assembly  not  Guilty  ;  or.  The  Court  vs. 


The  Assembly.     Reprinted  from  the  Providence  Post, 
ivo.  pp.  7.  Providence.   \_March.  1863.] 


lUIODF.    TSI.AM).  165 

Memorial    of  Thomas    R.    Hazard,    asking   for  tlie 

removal  of  the  State  Reporter,  and  the  impeachment  of 
Chief  Justice  Ames,  etc. 

^vo.  pp.  IG.  Providence.  A.  Crawford  Greene.   [1861.] 

A  Lawyers  unboiignt  opinion,  in  the  Ives  and  Haz- 


ard case,  addressed  to  the  Honorable  General  Assembly  of 
the  State  of  Rhode  Island. 
?vo.  pp.  7.  January.  1801. 

Libel  Suit  of  Chief  Justice  Ames  asainst  Thomas  R. 


Hazard.     Hon  Joseph  M.  Blake's  argument  for  defendant 
upon  plaintiff's  demurrer. 
3vo.  pp.  Providence.  A.  Crawford  Greene.  1862. 

Newspaper  history  of,  embracing  editorials,  commu- 


nications, speeches,  letters  and  documents  relating  to  tlie 
Ives  and  Hazard  case,  from  the  Providence  Journal,  Post 
and  Press;  preserved  in  a  bound  volume,  in  the  possession 
of  J.  R.  Bartlett. 

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il-ACKSON,  CHARLES  T.,  j\I.  D.     Re]H)rt  on  the 
Geological  and  Agricultural  Survey  of  the  State  of 
Rhode  Island,  made  under  a  resolve  of  the  Legisla- 
ture, in  the  year  1839. 
5V0.  pp.  viii.  and  312.    • 

Providence.  B.  Cranston  if  Co.  1840. 

Jackson,  Hox.  Richauh,  Junior.     Representative  in   Con- 
gress.    Address  from,  to  his  constituents,  March  16,  1812. 
8vo.  pp.  22.  [  Wnnhington.']  no  date. 

Jackson,  Rev.  IIenuy.  An  Historical  Discourse,  delivered 
in  the  Central  Baptist  Meeting  house,  Newport,  R.  1., 
January  8,  1854.     Published  by  order  of  the  Church. 

8 vo.  pp.  4-5.  Newport,  R.  I.   Cranston  ^' Norman.  1854, 

■  An  account  of  the  Churches  in  Rhode  Island,  present- 
ed to  an  adjourned  session  of  the  Twenty-eighth  Annual 
meeting  of  the  Rhode  Island  Baptist  State  Convention, 
Providence,  November  8,  1853. 

8vo.  pp.  134.  Providence.   Q-corije  H.  Whitney.  1854. 

Contains  ii  view  of  the  First  Baptist  Meeting-house,  Providence.  1  )r.  Jackson 
was  pastor  of  the  Central  Baptist  Church,  in  Newport,  1!.  I. 

Discourse  occasioned  by  the  death  of  the  Rev.    Zal- 

mon  Tobey,  September  17, 1858.  (Preached  at  Warren.) 
October  3,  1858. 

8vo.  pp.  32.  Providence.    Coggeshall  rf  Stewart.  1859. 


UUODE      ISLAM).  1G7 

A  Discourse  in  commemoration  of  the  215tli  Anni- 
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iversary  of  the  First  Baptist  Chnrdi  in  America. 

8vo.  pp.  o2.  Providence.  John  B.  Stlckncij.  1854. 

Henry  Jackson,  the  second  son  of  IJicIuird  Jackson,  was  born  in  Providence, 
June  16,  1798,  and  graduated  at  Brown  University,  in  1817.  From  1822 
to  1830,  lie  was  settled  over  the  First  Baptist  Churcli,  in  Charlestown, 
Massachusetts.  In  December,  of  the  same  year,  he  became  pastor  of  tlje 
First  Baptist  Churcli,  in  Hartford,  Connecticut.  On  the  1st  of  January, 
1839,  he  became  pastor  of  the  First  B.aptist  Church,  in  Xew  Bedford,  Jlas- 
s.icliusetts,  where  he  officiated  for  seven  years.  In  January,  18-47,  he  was 
settled  as  pastor  of  the  Ccntr.al  Baptist  Church,  in  Newport,  Rhode  Island, 
where  he  continued  till  his  death,  which  took  place,  while  traveling  in  the 
Railroad  cars  from  I'rovidence  to  Stonington,  on  the  2d  of  ilarch,  1803. 
During  the  ministry  of  Dr.  Jackson,  he  was  actively  engaged  in  promot- 
ing the  cause  of  religion  and  education. 

J.\coiis,  Rev.  Bel.v.,  A.  ]\I.  Memoir  of,  com])ilcd  cliiefly 
from  his  letters  and  journals,  by  his  daughter,  with  a  sketch 
of  his  character.     By  Barnas  Sears. 

12mo.  pp.  vii.  and  305. 

Boston.   Gould,  Lincoln  6f  Edmonds.  1837. 

Mr.  Jacobs  was  a  native  of  Rhode  Island,  and  for  many  years  a  settled  minis- 
ter at  Pawtu.xet. 

James,  Charles  T.,  vs.  the  Atlantic  DeLaine  Company,  ct 
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R.  W.  Greene,  A.  Payne,  Jas.  B.  Parsons,  for  respondents. 

8vo.  pp.  211.         Providence.  Knowles,  Anthony  ^  Co.  1859. 

jAMEi,   Hen'ry.     The  Social  Significance  of  our  Institutions. 

An  oration  delivered  in  Newport,  July  4,  1861. 
8vo.  pp.  47.  Boston.  Ticknor  jf  Fields.  1861. 

JoHXSON,  Lorenzo  D.     The  Spirit  of  Roger  Williams,  with 

a  portrait  of  one  of  his  descendants. 
16mo.  pp.  94.  Boston.  Published  for  t/ie  autlior.  1839. 

JoHNSo>i,  Edward.  A  History  of  New  England,  from  the- 
English  planting  in  the  yeere  1628,  untill  the  yeere 
1652.  Declaring  the  form  of  their  government.  Civil, 
Military,  and  Ecclesiastique.  Their  wars  with  the  Indians, 
their  troubles  with  the  Gortoxists,  and  other  Ileretiques. 
The  manner  of  gathering  the  churches,  the  commodities  of 


168  Blai.lOGKAPHY    OF 

the  couiitiy,  and  description  of  the  })rincij)all  towns  and 
liavens,  with  the  creat  encouragements  to  increased  trade 
betwixt  them  and  old  England.  With  the  names  of  all  the 
Governors,  Magistrates,  and  eminent  Ministere. 

Quarto,  pp.  236.       London.  Printed  for  JVath.  Brooke.  16C4. 

This  work  is  better  known  by  its  inner  title  of  "  Won;Ier-working  Provi- 
dence." Tiie  autlior  came  in  tlie  fleet  witli  Governor  Wintlirop,  in  1630. 
In  1643,  he  went  witli  Captiiin  Cooke  anJ  forty  nicn  to  Rhode  Island,  to 
take  Samuel  Uorton  who  Iiad  become  obnoxious  to  the  Massachusetts 
Government.  For  twenty-eight  years  lie  was  a  member  of  the  General 
Court  of  Slassachusetts,  anil  at  one  time  Speaker. 

JorRN.ii.  of  the  proceedings  ot  tlie  Cono-rcss  lield  at  Albany,  in 
1754: 

An  original  manuscript  Joarnal  of  t!ie  Commissioners  of  tiiis  Congress  is 
among  the  Public  Arcliives  of  the  State  of  Rhode  Island,  in  the  office  of 
the  Secretary  of  State.  Tlie  object  of  the  convention  was  to  treat  witli 
the  Six  Nations  of  Indians,  and  concert  a  sclieine  of  general  union  for  the 
British  American  Colonics.  The  Colonies  represented  were :  New 
Hampshire,  Massacliusetts,  Rliode  Island,  Connecticut,  New  York,  Penn- 
sylvania and  ISIaryland.  The  delegates  from  Rhode  Island  were,  Stephen 
Hopkins  and  Mar. in  Howard,  Jun'r.  The  whole  number  in  attendance 
was  twenty-five,  among  wiiicli  were  Dr.  Pranklin,  Koger  Wolcott,  Jr., 
Gov.  Colden,  Sir  William  Johnson,  and  other  distinguished  men.  Of 
this  assemby,  Hutchinson,  in  his  "  History  of  Massachusetts,"  Vol.  III. 
p.  20,  saj-s,  that  it  "  w.as  the  most  deserving  of  respect  of  any  which  had  ever 
been  convened  in  America,  wliether  we  consider  the  Colonies  which  were 
represented,  the  rank  and  cliaracter  of  the  delegate.-!,  or  the  purposes  for 
wliich  it  was  convened." 

Mr.  Sparlcs,  in  his  edition  of  Franklin's   writings,  in  speaking  of  this 
convention  and  tlie  plan  of  union  whicli  grew  out  of  it,  says  : 

"  The  prospect  of  a  French  war,  and  the  hostile  attitude  already  assum- 
ed by  the  tribes  of  Indians  on  the  frontiers,  induced  the  British  Govern-? 
raent  to  seek  for  the  means  of  providing  for  a  timely  and  efficient  resist 
ance  in  the  Colonies.  With  a  view  to  tliisend,  an  order  w.as  sent  over  by  the 
Lords  of  Trade,  directing  that  Commissioners  should  be  appointed  in  the 
several  provinces  to  meet  at  .\lbany.  The  immeJiate  object  was  to  con- 
ciliate tlie  Six  Nations,  by  giving  them  presents,  and  renewing  a  treaty, 
by  which  they  should  be  prevente  1  from  going  over  to  the  French,  or 
being  drawn  away  by  the  Indians  under  their  influence." 

The  same.     Printed  in  tlie  Massachusetts   Historical 

Collections,  3d  series,  voU  v.  Sec  also,  Stepiieu  Hopkins, — 
".4.  True  Representation,''''  etc 

Journal  of  the  Rhode  Island  In-titute  of  In4ructio'.i.  Edit- 
ed by  Henry  Barnard. 

3  vols.  <Svo.       '  I'nnn.lcncc.  1845-1848. 


'^^W^W 


..-r 


.i?^,j^ni. 


EACH,  HORACE  A.     Hunillvllle  us  it  was,  and 
as  it  is. 
12mo.  pp.  vi.  and  170. 

Providence.  Knowhs,  Anthony  .J'  Co. 

IvEXYox,  Archibald.  Tiie  Object  and  Principles  of  Civil 
Government,  and  the  duty  of  Christians  thereto.  Being  a 
discourse  preached  before  the  West  Baptist  Church  and 
Society,  August  14,  1842. 

8vo.  pp.  11.  Providence.  B.  T.  Alhro.  1842. 

KiMiiALi,,  Jerome  Boxaparte.  An  Oration,  delivered  before 
the  Municipal  Authorities  of  the  city  of  Providence,  July 
4,  1856.     Poem,  by  W.  M.  Rodman. 

Svo.  pp.  52.  Providence.  Knowles,  Anthony  cj-  Co.  1856. 

KiXG,  Thomas  K.  An  Oration,  delivered  before  the  Kentish 
Artillery  and  citizens  of  Apponaug,  on  the  Seventy-eight 
Anniversary  of  American  Independence,  July  4,  1854. 

Svo.  pp.  2'J.  Providence.   Geo.  H.  Whitney.  1854. 

Kingston    Academy.     A  statement  of  facts  relating  to  the 

funds  of. 
Svo.  pp.  15.  Providence.  E.  A.  Marshall.  1836. 

KiNNiciTT,  Thomas.  An  Oration,  delivered  before  the  Soci- 
ety of  United  Brothers,  of  Brown  University,  September 
1,1840.     Published  by  request  of  the  Society. 

Svo.  pp.  32.  Providence.  Knowles  ^  Vose.  1840. 


17(J  UIULIOGKAPHY    OF 

KxiGHT,  Gov.     Address  to  the  Farmers  of  Rhode  Island,  Oc- 
tober, 1832. 
8vo.  pp.  15.  Providence.   Crantton  j^  Hammond.  1832. 

Knight,  Richard.  History  of  the  General  and  Six  Princi- 
ple Baptists  in  Europe  and  America;  In  two  parts.  Pub- 
lished under  the  patronage  of  the  Rhode  Island  Yearly 
Meeting. 

8vo.  pp.  iv.  and  367.  Providence.  Smith  if'  Parmenter.  1S27. 

Knowles,  James  D.     Memoir  ot  Roger  Williams,  the  Found- 
er of  the  State  of  Rhode  Island. 
12mo.  pp.  457.  Boston.  Lincoln,  Edmonds  ^  Co.  1834. 


-^-iTit^^-^-. 


^-AWS,  CODE    OF,   1G4T.     I'loceedinjrs  of    tlie 


First  General  Assembly  of  "  Tlie  incorporation  of 
5t    Providence    Plantations,"    and  the    Code  of  Laws 
adopted  by  tliat  Assembly.      With  notes.  Historical 
"^^     and  Explanatory.     By  William  R.  Staples,  one  of 
the  Jndges  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Rhode  Island. 
8vo.  pp.  X.  and  G-4.      Providence.   Charles  Burnett,  Jr.  1847. 

The  original  manuscript  of  these  laws  is  in  a  volume  of  the  early  records,  in 
the  Secrelar}'  of  State's  ojice. 

BoDYE  oi"  L.VWE3  of  the  Colonie  of  Rhode  Island  and  Provi- 
dence Plantations,  1G68  to  1705  ;  manuscript,  folio. 

This  the  earliest  digest  of  the  Colonial  Laws.  It  was  compiled  hy  order  of 
the  General  Assembly,  and  probably  formed  the  basis  of  the  collection  of 
Public  Laws,  printed  in  the  year  1719. 

The  Charter  granted  by  His  Majesty  King  Charles 

the  Second,  to  the  Colony  of  Rhode  Island  and  Providence 
Plantations  in  .Vnierica. 

Folio,  pp.  8.  Boston.  In  New  England,  ,^c.  1719. 

Acts  .\xd  L.vw.s  of  His  Majestie's  Colony  of  Rhode  Island  and 

Providence  Plantations  in  America. 
Folio,  pp.  102.     Boston.  In  Neiv  Emjland.  Printed  for  John 
Allen  and  Nicholas  Boone,  at  the  sign  of  the 
Bible,  in  Comhill.  1719. 

Acts  and  Laws  of  His  Majesty's  Colony  of  Rhode  Island  and 


172  liiiiLiocRAFHY  or 

Providenco    riantations   in    America.      [Preceded  by  the 

Cliarter.] 
Folio,  charter,  pp.  12.  table  xii.  and  243. 

Newport,  Jihode  Mand.  Printed  by  James  Franklin,  and 
sold  at  his  shop  near  the  Town  School  House.  1730. 

Acts  axd  Laws,  of  liis  Majesty's  Colony  of  Rhode  Island 
and  Providence  Plantations,  in  New  England,  in  America. 

Folio,  charter,  pji.  15.  table  xv.  and  308. 

Newport,  Ithode  Island.  Printed  hy  the  Widow  Franklin, 
and  to  he  sold  at  the  Town  School  House.  1744. 

Acts  and  Laws  of  his  Majesty's  Colony  of  Rhode  Island 
and  Providence  Plantations,  in  New  England,  in  America. 
From  Anno  1745  to  Anno  1752. 

Folio,  pp.  110.  Newport,  Rhode  Island.  Printed  by  J.  Frank- 
lin, at  the  Printing  office  under  the  Toivn 
School  House.  1752. 

Acts  and  Laws  of  the  English  Colony  of  Rhode  Island  and 
Providence    Plantations,  in    New    England,  in    America. 

Folio,  pp.  charter  xv.  table  46  and  272. 

Neivport.  Printed  and  sold  by  Samuel  Halt,  Printer  to 
the  Honorable  G-eneral  Assembly.  1767. 

The  Public  Laws  of  the  State  of  Rhode  Island  and  Provi- 
dence Plantations,  as  revised  by  a  committee,  and  finally 
enacted  by  the  Honorable  General  Assembly,  at  their  ses- 
sion in  January,  1798.  To  which  are  prefixed,  the  Charter, 
Declaration  of  Independence,  Articles  of  Confederation, 
Constitution  of  the  United  States,  and  President  Washing- 
ton's Address  of  September,  1796.  Published  by  authori- 
ty. Ignorantia  legis  neminem  ezcusat.  Ignorance  of  the 
Law  is  no  excuse  for  its  violalhm. 

8vo.  pp.  652. 

Printed  at  Providence,  by  Carter  ^'  Wilkinson.  1798. 

A   Supplement  to    the    Digest  of  the    Laws,  1798. 

Public  Laws  of  the  State  of  Rhode  Island  and  Providence 
Plantations,  passed  since  the  session  of  the  Honorable 
General  Assembly  in  January,  A.  D.,  1798. 

8vo.  pp.  144.  Providence.  Jones  cf-  Wheeler.  1810. 


KIIODE    ISLAND.  173 

Laws  oi'  Rhode  Island.     Books  relating  to. 

Public  Laws  of  the  State  of  Rhode  Island,  etc.,  passed 

since  the  session  of  the  General  Assembly  in  October,  A. 
D.,  ISIO.      [With  an  index.] 

8vo.  pp.  1G8.  various  years. 

This  volume  is  pagoJ  continuously  from  the  prcccdini;,  .inj  li.as  no  title 
page.  It  begins  at  p.  141,  anJ  terminates  at  p.  313.  It  includes  the  Pub- 
lic Laws  to  February  24,  18l'l.  The  laws  of  the  May,  .June  and  October 
Sessions,  1821,  were  never  printed  separately,  and  are  only  to  be  found 
in  the  schedules. 

Public    Laws  of  the    State  of  Rhode   Island    and 


Providence  Plantations,  passed  at,  and  since  the  session  of 
the  General  Assembly,  in  January,  A.  D.,  1822. 
8vo.  pp.  from  525  to  1090,  and  from  2000  to  2097. 

These  arc  the  bienniiil  publications  of  the  laws,  as  ordered  to  be  printed  bv  the 
digest  of  1822,  and  contain  an  inde.'c  to  each  biennial  publication.  The 
volume  is  paged  correctly  from  the  digest  of  1822,  ;.  e.,  from  .52.J  to  1099, 
when  the  printer,  by  a  singular  blunder,  skipped  to  p.  2000,  from  which 
number,  he  continued  to  p.  2097. 

The  PuiiLic  Laws  of  the  State  of  Rhode  Island  and  Provi- 
dence Plantations,  as  revised  by  a  Committee,  and  finally 
enacted  by  the  Honorable  General  Assembly,  at  their  ses- 
sion in  January,  1822.  To  which  is  prefixed  thej  Charter, 
Declaration  of  Independence,  Articles  of  Confederation, 
Constitution  of  the  United  States,  and  President  AVashino^- 
ton's  Address  of  September,  1796.  Published  by  authori- 
ty.    Ljnorantia  legis  neminem  crcusat. 

Svo.  pp.  524  and  index  xlvi. 

Providence.  Miller  J-  Hutchins.  1822. 

The  Public  Laws  of  the  State  of  Rhode  Island  and  Provi- 
dence Plantations,  as  revised  by  a  committee,  and  finally 
enacted  by  the  General  Assembly,  in  January,  1844.  To 
which  are  prefixed,  the  Charter  of  Charles  2d,  Declaration 
of  Independence,  Resolution  of  the  General  Assembly  to 
support  Declaration  of  In<lc'pcndencc  ;  Proceedings  of  the 
Convention  on  the  adoption  of  the  Constitution  of  the  Uni- 
ted States  by  Rhode  Island ;  President  Washington's  Ad- 


174  lllIiLIOGRAPHY    OF 

Laws  ok  Rhode  Island.     Books  relatino;  to. 


dress,  and  Coiistitation  of  the  State  of  Rhode  Island  and 
Providence  Plantations. 
8vo.  pp.  viii.  ando94.       Providence.  Knowles  ^- J^osc.  1844. 

• Second  edition. 

8vo.  pp.  594.  Providence.   George  H.  Whitney.  1852. 

The  Revised  Statutes  of  the  State  of  Rhode  Island  and 
Pi'ovidence  Plantations,  to  which  are  prefixed  the  Consti- 
tutions of  the  United  States  and  of  the  State.  Published  by 
authority  of  the  General  Assembly. 

8vo.  ])p.  XV.  and  804. 

Providence.  Sayles,  Miller  cf-  Simons.  1857. 

Supplement  to  the  Revised  Statutes  No.  1.  Being  the 

Public  Laws  of  the  State  of  Rhode  Island  and  Providence 
Plantations,  passed  by  the  General  Assembly  from  January, 
1857,  to  January,  1859,  inclusive. 

Bvo.  pp.  76.  Providence.  Knowles  J-  Anthony.  1859. 

■ Supplement  to  the  Revised  Statutes,  No.  2.     May, 

1859,  to  January,  1861,  inclusive. 
8vo.  pp.  77  to  137.     Providence.  A.  Crawford  Greene.  1861. 

Ibid.  No.  3.  May,  1861,  to  January,  1863,  in- 
clusive. 

8vo.  pp.  137  to  273.  Providence.  Alfred  Anthony.  1863. 

LAW  CASES,  for  full  titles,  see  the  following : 

Angell  Will  Case.     See  Angell. 

Avery.  Rev.  E.  K.  Charged  with  murder  of  Sarah  M.  Cor- 
nell.    See  Avery. 

Ames,  Samuel  vs.  Thomas  R.  IIa  azrd,  for  libel.    See  Hazard. 

Antoine,  Wohlfaiirt,  and  others,  for  the  murder  of  Field  and 
Jenkinson.     See  Wohlfahrt. 

Dorrance,  John  vs.  Arthur  Fenner.     See     Borrance. 

Field,  Albert.  Charged  with  murder  of  Jonathan  Gray. 
See  Field. 

Greene  vs.  Briggs.     Maine  Liquor  Law.     See  Greene. 


lUIODlO    ISLAND.  17; 

Law  Cases.     Hooks  relatin£r  to. 


Gonnox.  Cliargcd  witli  the  murder  of  Amasa  Sprague. 
See  Gordon. 

Gaudxek  AM)  PoTTr.K  VS.  Hannah   Gaktinek.     Will  Case. 

See  Gardmr. 
11a [.SKY  WiM,  Case.     See  Currey,  i'or  ai-gunient  on. 
IIazaud  AM)  Ives  Case.     See  Hazard  <|'  Ives. 
James,  Chaiu.es  T.  vs.  Atlantic  DeLaine  Co.     Sec  James. 
Luther  vs.  Bokdex.     See  under  head  of  Constitution. 
Mallett  vs.  Dexter.     Sec  Mallelt. 
PoTTEii,  J.  J.  vs.  James  Sxow.    "  Liquor  Case."    See  Potter, 

Rioters  in  Providence,  October  18,  1824.  Trials  of.  See 
Hardscrahhle. 

State  of  Rhode  Island  vs.  Wm.  S.  Spear.     See  Spear. 

Taylor  vs.  Place.     See  Taylor. 

Trevett  and  Weeden,  case  of.     See  Trevett. 

Walker,  Sarah  vs.  John  Martin.     See  Walker. 

Walmsley',  Amasa  E.  Life  and  Confession  of.  See  Walmsley. 
See  also.  Reports  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  lihode  Island, 
and  State  Archives. 

Lawrence,  William  Beach.  Speech  of,  in  the  Senate  of 
Rhode  Island,  February  10,  1852,  on  the  i\Iaine  Li(]uor 
Law  Bill. 

8vo.  pp.  16.  Providence.  1852. 

Slemoir  of  Henry  Wheaton.     Introduction  to  Mr. 

Lawrence's  edition  of  Wheaton's  History  of  International 
Laiv. 

Lawton,  Josiah.  Oration  on  the  importance  of  Scientific 
Knowledge,  delivered  before  the  Providence  Association  of 
Mechanics  and  Manufacturers,  at  their  -STth  anniversaiy, 
April  10,  1826. 

8vo.  pp.  Providence.  Miller  ^'  G rattan.  1826. 

Lectire    on    JIysteriois    Kxockings.      Mesmerism,    &c.. 


17G  lillil.lOCUAI'IIY    OF 

with  a  brief  liistory  of  the  Old  Stone  Mill,  and  a  predic- 
tion of  its  fall ;  delivered  before  the  A  N  ti  Qnarian  Society 
of  Pappigassctt.  At  Newport,  R.  I.,  February  14,  4109. 
By  Benjamin  Franklin  Macy,  D.  F.,  D.  D.  F.,  A.  S.  S. 
Professor  of  llypcrflutinated  Pliilosopliy  in  the  University 
of  Hardscrabble.  "  liuic  versatile  ingenium  sic  jjariter  ad 
omnia  fuit,  ut  natum  ad  id  unum  diceres  qnod-cunque 
age  ret." 
8vo.  pp.  ^!.  Newport.  B.  J.  Tillvi/.  1851. 

Lecraw,  .J.  B.  A  sketch  of  tiie  Life,  Works  and  Sufferings 
of  a  reformed  man  ;  showing  the  misery  to  which  intempe- 
rance brought  him,  and  the  means  he  could  resort  to  to  pro- 
cure the  inebriating  draught.     Written  by  himself. 

12mo.  pp.  36  Pau'tuckd.  B.  W.  Pcarce.  1844. 

Lee,  Gex.  Henry.  The  campaign  of  1781  in  the  Carolinas  ; 
with  remarks,  historical  and  critical,  on  Johnson's  Life  of 
General  Greene,  and  appendix  of  original  documents  relat- 
ing to  the  History  of  the  Kevolution. 

8vo.  pp.  Pldladelplda.  1824. 

Leidy,  Joseph.,  M.  D.  Contributions  towards  a  knowledge 
of  the  Marine  Invertebrate  Fauna  of  the  Coasts  of  Rhode 
Island  and  New  Jersey,  (in  the  Journal  of  Natural  Sciences, 
of  Philadelphia.     Vol.  3.  art,  11.) 

Letter  to  the  Hon.  James  F.  Simmons.     B}'  a  Rhode  Island 

Conservative. 
8vo.  pp.  8.  Providence.  April  1.  1845. 

Letters  to  James  Fenner,  Esq.,  in  1811  and  1831.      [Signed 

Another  Republican.] 
8vo.  pp,  16.  Providence. 

Lexington,  Steamer.  A  full  and  particular  account  of  all 
the  circumstances  attending  the  loss  of  the  steamboat  Lcx- 
mgton,  in  Long  Island  Sound,  on  the  night  of  January  13, 
1840  ;  as  elicited  in  the  evidences  of  the  witnesses  examin- 
ed before  the  jury  of  inquest,  held  in  New  York,  imme- 
diately   after  the    lamentable    event.      A  portion    nf    the 


lUIODK    ISLAND. 


11 


profits  of  tills  work  will  bo  npinopriatcd  to  tlie  licnolit   of 
tlic  destitute  fiuiiilies  of  those  who  were  lost. 

Hvo.  pp.  32.  Providence.  II.  H.  Brown  jf  SCdhveU.  1840. 

Lexington.     Proceedings  of  the    Coronci-,  in  the  case  of  the 

Steamer  Lexington  ;  lost  by  fire  on  the  13th  of  January,  1.S40. 

8vo.  pp.  89.  New  York.  1840. 

LoTTERiKS  IN  RiiODE  IsLANU.  For  accouut  of,  sec  Boyle, 
Bartktt. 

LuTiiEU,  Setii.  Address  to  the  working  men  of  New  Eng- 
land, on  the  state  of  education  and  the  condition  of  ihc  pro- 
ducing classes  in  Europe  and  America,  etc.  See  Education. 

8vo.  pp.  39.  Boston.  Fablished  for  the  author.  1832. 

An  address  on  the  right  of  Free  Suffrage,  delivered 

at  the  request  of  Freeholders  and  others,  of  Providence, 
Rhode  Island,  in  the  Old  Town  House,  April  19,  and 
repeated  April  26,  [1833,]  at  the  same  place.  With  an 
appendix,  containing  the  Rhode  Island  Bill  of  Rights,  and 
the  rejected  petition  presented  in  1829  to  the  Legislature  ol 
Rhode  Island,  by  nearly  2000  petitioners,  including  700 
Freeholders,  who  were  all  denominated  vagabonds  and  ren- 
egades, by  Benjamin  Hazard,  who  reported  on  that  petition 
to  the  General  Assembly. 
8vo.  pp.  25.  and  xvi.  Providence.  S.  R.  Weeden.  1833. 

An  address  to  the  working  men  of  New  England  on 

the  State  of  Education,  and  on  the  condition  of  the  pro- 
ducing classes  in  Europe  and  America.  With  particular 
reference  to  the  effect  of  manufiicturing,  (as  now  conduct- 
ed,) on  the  health  and  happiness  of  the  poor,  and  on  the 
safety  of  the  Republic. 

8vo.  pp.39.  Boston.  Printed  for  the  author.  1832. 


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vlui  i  [kACJILTON,   rev.  J.  N.     Tlie   Sleep  of   tlie 
.,i..>-^,  »    Beloved.     A  Funeral  Sermon   on   the  death  of 
%^V„\lt?,  the  Rt.  Rev.  John  Prentiss  KewleyHenshaw,  D. 
D.,  Bishop  of  Rhode  Island.     Delivered    in   St. 
Stephen's  Church,  Baltimore,  July  25,  1852. 
8vo.  pp.  20.  Baltimore.  Jos.  Robinson.  1852. 

Mackexzie,  Alexander  Seidell.     The  Life  of  Commodore 

Oliver  Hazard  Perry. 
2  vols.  12mo.  New  York.  Harper  cf-  Brothers.  1840. 

McKexzie,  Rev.  .James  A.  A  discourse  on  Lite-taking.  See 
Constitution  of  1842. 

MacSparrax,  Rev.  J.,  D.  I).  Amei-ica  Dissected,  being  a 
full  and  true  account  of  all  the  American  Colonies,  show- 
ing the  intemperance  of  the  climates,  excessive  heat  and 
cold,  and  violent  changes  of  weather  ;  terrible  and  mischiev- 
ous thunder  and  lightning  ;  bad  and  unwholesome  air,  de- 
structive to  human  bodies;  badnessof  money  ;  danger  fronj 
enemies ;  but  above  all,  to  the  souls  of  the  poor  peoiile  that 
remove  thither,  from  the  multifarious  wicked  and  pestilent 
houses  that  prevail  in  those  parts:  Published  as  a  caution 
to  unsteady  people  who  may  be  tempted  to  leave  their  native 
country. 

8vo.  pp.  iJiMin.  Printed  and  sold  hjj  S.  Pou'ell.  1753. 

This  work  wns  written  in  tlie  Xarraf;anseft  country,  Kiiode  Island,  where  Dr. 
MaeSparraii  rciiJeJ  as  a  niissiunarj,  for  upwards  of  tliirty  years.     Brief 


ItHODK    ISLAND. 


170 


notices  arc  given  of  all  the  British  Colonies,  but  of  ]{lii)ile  Island  his 
descriptions  arc  more  full.  The  original  paniplilct  is  very  rare.  It  was 
reprinte.I  by  Mr.  Updike  in  the  appendix  to  his  "  History  of  tlie  Narragan- 
sett  Church,"  with  the  addition  of  genealogical  and  biograpld<!al  notes  of 
of  persons  mentioned  by  the  author. 

M.MXE  Liquor  Law.  Report  in  tlie  cnse,  William  II.  fireeiie 
vs.  Nathan  M.  Briggs,  et  al.  The  Plaintiti"s  opening  argu- 
ment, and  the  opinion  of  the  U.  S.  Circuit  Court  for  the 
Rhode  Island  District.  By  Joseph  S.  Pitman,  Counsellor 
at  Law. 

8vo.  pp.  60.  Boston.  Little,  Broivn  if  Co.  1853. 

Mai.i.ett  vs.  Dexter.  The  case  in  Equity,  between  Edward 
J.  Mallett,  et  al.,  complainants,  and  Samuel  Dexter,  admin- 
istrator, respondent. 

8vo.  pp.  134.  Providence.  A.  Crauford  Greene.  1852. 

M.AN,  George  F.  An  Oration,  delivered  before  the  citizens 
of  the  county  of  Kent,  at  A})ponaug,  Warwick,  July  4, 
1838. 

Svo.  pp.  23.  Providence.  Knowles,  Vose  ^  Co.  1838. 

Manning,  Rev.  James.,  D.  D.  First  President  of  Brown 
University.  Memoir  of,  with  biographical  notices  of  some 
of  his  pupils.  By  William  G.  Goddard,  A.  M.,  Prof,  of 
Belles  Lettres  in  Brown  University. 

Svo.  pp.  24.  Boston.  Perkins  cj-  Marvin.  1839. 

Obituary  notice  of  the  Rev.  James  Manning,  D.  D., 

First  President  of  Brown  University.  Published  in  Rip- 
pon's  Baptist  Register. 

pp.  241  to  247.  London.  1791. 

Sermon  on  the  death  of.     See  Fobes. 

A  more  extended  life  of  Dr.  Manning,  with  his  correspondence,  by  Reuben  A. 
Guild,  Librarian  of  Brown  University,  has  been  announced  for  publica- 
tion.    See  Guild. 

Dr.  JIanning  was  a  native  of  New  Jersey,  and  a  graduate  of  Prineton  College, 
in  the  class  of  17G2.  In  the  summer  of  170S,  he  came  to  Rhode  Island, 
and  used  his  influence  in  behalf  of  a  college,  which  was  incorporated  by 
the  General  Assembly  early  in  the  following  year.  Soon  after,  he  com- 
menced a  Latin  School  at  Warren,  where  he  also  founded  a  Baptist 
Church,  and  in  the  year  1767,  the  Warren  Association.  In  the  year  1765, 
he  was  appointed  I'rcsident  of  Rhode  Island  College,  now  Brown  Univcr- 


180  niliUOGRAPHY    OF 

sity,  which  office  he  filleJ  with  distinguislieJ  success  and  usefulness  until 
his  deatli  in  IT'.tl..  Upon  the  removal  of  tlie  College  from  Warren  to 
Providence,  he  became  the  Pastor  of  tlie  First  Baptist  Cluirch,  which 
office  he  also  held  until  a  few  niontlis  before  his  dcatli.  Dr.  Manning  was 
very  active  in  the  cause  of  public  education,  and  was  for  many  years 
Chairman  of  the  School  Committee  of  Providence.  In  ITSO,  he  was 
unanimously  appointed  by  the  General  Assembly  to  represent  the  State 
in  the  Old  Federal  Congress.  His  sudden  deatli  at  the  early  age  of  52, 
was  universally  lamented. 

M.vp.  A  topographical  map  of  the  State  of  Rliode  Island 
and  Providence  Plantatioivs.  Surveyed  Trigonometrically 
and  in  detail.  By  James  Stevens,  Topographer  and 
Civil  Engineer.  Newport.  1831. 

Map.  Chart  of  Narragansett  Bay.  Survej'ed  in  1832,  by  Ca]it. 
Alexander  S.  Wadsworth,  Lieut.  F.  R.  Gedney,  Charles 
Wilkes,  Jun'r,  and  George  S.  Blake,  of  the  U.  S.  Navy. 
By  order  of  the  Hon.  Levi  Woodbury,  Secretary  of  the 
Navy.  WmMngton.  1833. 

Map  of  Rhode  Island,  by  Stevens.  With  additions  and  cor- 
rections by  S.  B.  Gushing  and  H.  F.  Walling. 

Providence.  1846. 
Map  of   ^Massachusetts,  Rhode  Island  and  Connecticut.  Com- 
piled from  the  latest  authorities. 

Neiv  York.  Phelps  J-  Enigu.  1843. 

Map  of  the  State  of  Rhode  Island  and  Providence  Plan- 
tations. From  surveys  under  the  direction  of  Henry  F. 
Walling,  Civil  Engineer.  Providence.  1855. 

—     The  same.     A  new  edition,  showing  the  new  Eastern 


Boundary  of  the  State,  including  the   towns  of  Pawtucket 
and  East  Providence. 

Nciu  York.  Published  by  John  Douglas.  1863. 

Map  of  the  City  of  Providence  and  Town  of  North  Provi- 
dence, from  actual  survey,  by  B.  Lockwood  and  S.  B. 
Gushing.  1835. 

Map  of  the  City  of  Providence,  from  actual  surveys.  By 
Gushing  &  Walling,  1849.  A  map  of  the  City  of  Provi- 
dence, Rhode  Island,  from  surveys  under  the  direction  of 
II.  F.  Walling.  Providence.  E.  Baker.  1857. 


RHODE    ISLAND. 


181 


j\Iap  of  Providence  County,  Rhode  Island,  with  some  of  the 
adjacent  towns,  from  orginal  surveys,  by  H.  F.  Walling, 
C.   E.  Frovklence.  1851. 

i\lAP  OF  Bristol  County,  Rhode  Island,  from  original  surveys, 
under  tlie  direction  of  Henry  F.  Walling,  C.  E. 

Providence.  1851. 

Map  of  Newport  Coitnty,  Rhode  Island,  from  original  sur- 
veys, by  II.  F.  Walling,  assisted  by  O.  Harkness,  and  J. 
Hannon.  18o0. 

Map  of  Washington  County,  Rhode  Island ;  from  original 
surveys,  by  II.  F.  Walling.  Providence.  1857. 

Map  of  Newport,  Rhode  Island,  from  original  surveys.  Pub- 
lished by  ^l.  Dripps.  New  York.  1850. 

jSIanual   of    the    Free    Evangelical   Congregational   Cliurch, 

Providence,  R.  I. 
18mo.  pp.  28.  Providence.   Gladding  ^j-  Brother.  1857. 

Marchant,  William.     An  Oration,  pronounced  at  Newport, 

July  4,  1797. 
8vo.  pp.  18.  Newport.  Henry  Barber.  1797. 

Mason,  John.  A  Brief  History  of  the  Pequot  War ;  Es- 
pecially of  the  memorable  taking  of  their  fort  at,  Mistick, 
in  Connecticut,  in  1637.  Written  by  Major  Jchn  Mason, 
a  principal  actor  therein,  as  their  Chief  Captain  and  Com- 
mander of  Connecticut  Forces.  With  an  introduction,  and 
some  explanatory  notes,  by  the  Reverend  jNIr.  Thomas 
Prince. 

8vo.  pp.  X.  and  22  Boston,  Printed  and  sold  by  S.  Kneeland 
and  T.  Green,  in  Queen  street.  1736. 

The  same.  31ass.  Hist.  Coll.  2d  series,  vol.  viii. 

The  same.     16mo.  pp.  Boston.  1736. 

The  following  work,  by  an  anonymous  author,  relates  to  the  Pequot  War  : 

A  true  relation  of  the  late  Battell  fought  in  New  Eng- 
land, between  the  English  and  the  Pequet  Salvages.  In 
which  were  slaine  and  taken   prisoners   about  700  of  the 

23 


182 


iniii.iotniAriiY  of 


Salvages,  and  those  which  escaped,  had  their  heads  cut  off' 
by  the  Mohocks  ;     With  the  present  state  of  tilings  there. 

Small  4to.  pp.  23.  London.   T/iomas  Harper.  1638. 

Three  editions  of  tliis  work  wore  printeil  in  tlie  years  1G37  and  1038,  as  is 
evident  from  the  variation  in  tlie  title  pages  and  text,  all  of  which  are  in 
the  library  of  John  Carter  Brown.  For  other  acconnts  of  the  Pequot 
AVar,  see  Church's  Hislori/  of  King  Philip's  War;  llmke's  Book  of  the 
Indians ;  Easton's  King  Philip,  and  Indian  Wars. 

Mason,  George  C.  Newport  Illustrated,  in  a  series  of  Pen 
and  Pencil  sketches.  By  the  Editor  of  the  Newport  Mer- 
cury.    With  wood-cuts. 

12mo.  pp.  110.  J}^ew  York.  D.  Applclon  Sf  Co.  1854. 

Re-union   of  the  Sons  and  Daughters  of  Newport, 

R.  I.,  August  23, 1859.  Printed  by  order  of  the  committee 
of  arrangements. 

12mo.  pp.  297.  Newport,  R.  I.  F.  A.  Pratt  J-  Co.  1859. 

Masonry.     The    secrets  of.     See  Mr.  Clarke's  Discourse  on. 

For  books  relative  to  the  excitement  against  Free  Masonry  in  1831,  and  sub- 
sequently, see  Anti-masonry . 

Massasoit's  Daughter  ;  or,  the  French  Captive.  A  Ro- 
mance of  Aboriginal  New  England.  By  A.  J.  H.  Du- 
ganne. 

12mo.  pp.  115.  New  York.  Beadle  <f  Company.  18()4. 

Mather  Increase.  The  History  of  the  war  with  the  In- 
dians in  New  England.  From  June  24,  1(375,  (when  the 
first  Englishman  was  murdered  by  the  Indians),  to  August 
12,  1676,  when  Philip,  alias  Metacomet,  the  principal 
author  and  beginner  of  the  war  was  slain.  Wherein  the 
grounds,  beginning  and  progress  of  the  war,  is  summarily 
expressed.  Together  with  a  serious  exhortation  to  the  in- 
habitants of  that  land. 

Small  4to.  pp.  51  and  8. 

London.  Printed  for  Richard  Clmwill.  1676. 

Mauran,    Edward    C.       Annual    Re])ort    of   the    Adjutant 

General  of  the  State  of  Rliodo  Island,  for  the  year  1861. 

Svo.  pp.  27.  Providence.   Cooke  J-  Laniehon.  1862. 

The  same,  for  the  year  1862. 

8vo.  pp.  64.  Providence.  Alfred  Anthony.  1863. 


HlIonK    ISl.AMl.  183 

The  same  for  the  year  18t)3. 

8vo.  pp.  12  and  94  Providence.  Alfred  Anthony.  18G4. 

Previous  to  1861,  tlie  Ailjutant  (ienenil's  Keports  were  very  brief  and  wero 

never  published  in  a  separate  panipldet.     They  will  bo  found   among  the 

minor  reports  appended  to  tlie  scliedules. 

Mendon  Association'.  The  Cliristian  Magazine.  By  Mem- 
bers of  tlie  Mendon  Association.  Printed  for  the  Pro- 
prietors. 

Svo.  Providence.  Barnion  Field.  1824. 

Maxcy,  Jonathan.,  A.  M.  A  Funeral  Sermon  occasioned 
by  the  Death  of  tlie  Rev.  James  Manning,  D.  D.,  Presi- 
dent of  Rhode  Island  College.  Delivered  in  the  Baptist 
Meeting  House  in  Providence,   July  31,  A.  D.,  1791. 

Svo.  pp.  vi.  and  30.  Providence.  Bennett  Wheeler.  1796. 

Maxcy,  Rev.  Jonathan.,  A.  M.  I'rcsident  of  Rhode  Island 
College.  An  address  to  graduates  at  the  Commencement 
of  Rhode  Island  College,  September  3,  1794. 

Svo.  pp.  8.  Providence.  Bennett  WJieeler.  1794. 

An  oration,  delivered  before  the  Providence  Associa- 
tion of  Mechanics  and  Manufacturers,  April  13,  1795. 

Svo.  pp.  17.  Providence.  Bennett  Wheeler.  1795. 

Appended  are  "  Hymns  performed  at  tlic  anniversary  election  of  the  officers 
of  tlie  Association." 

An  oration,  delivered  in  the  Baptist  Meeting  House, 

in  Providence,  July  4,  1795,  at  the  celebration  of  the  19th 
anniversary  of  American  Independence.  Published  at  the 
request  of  the  town. 

Svo.  pp.  20.  Providence.   Carter  J'   Wilkinson.  1796. 

•  A  Sermon  preached  September  4,  1796,  at  the  De- 
dication of  the  Meeting  House,  belonging  to  the  Catholic 
Baptist  Society  in  Cumberland. 

Svo.  pp.  22.  Providence.    Carter  ij-  Wilkinson.  1796. 

A  Sermon,  delivered  in  the  Baptist  Meeting    House 


ill  Providence,  on  Lord's  Day  afternoon,  October  14,  1798, 
occasioned  by  the  death  of  Welcome  Arnold,  Esq.,  one  of 
the  Trustees  of  Rhode  Island  College,  and  member  of  the 


184  BIliLIOGEAPIIY    OF 

General  Assembly   ot    this  State,   who  departed  this    life 
September  29, 1798,  in  the  5-±th  year  of  his  age. 
8vo.  pp.  15.  Providence.   Carter  ^  Wilkinson.  1798. 

An  oration,  delivered   in    tlie    First  Congregational 

Meeting  House,  in   Providence,  on  the  Fourth  of   July, 
1799. 

Small  -ito.  pp.  IG.  Providence.  John  Carter,  Jnnr.  1799. 

Reasons  of  the  Christian  Triumph.  A  Sermon,  de- 
livered in  the  Baptist  Meeting  House,  in  Providence,  on 
Lord's  Day  afternoon,  December  14,  1800,  occasioned  by 
the  decease  of  Mrs.  Mary,  consort  of  Rev.  Steplien  Gano. 

8vo.  pp.  Providence.  J.  Carter.  [1800.] 

Mrs.  Gano  was  the  daughter  of  Joseph  Brown,  one  of  the  "  Four  Brothers," 
so  called. 

A  Sermon,  preached  in  the  Baptist  IMeeting  House, 


before  the  Female  Charitable  Society,  September  21,  1802. 

12mo.  pp.  13.  Providence.  Bennett  Wheeler.  1802. 

Appended  is  an  "  Ode  performed  before  the  Female  Charitable  Society,  Sep- 
tember 20,  1802.     By  Paul  Allen,  Esq." 

An  address  delivered  to  the  graduates  of  R.  I.,  Col- 


lege, at  the  Public  Commencement,  September  1,  1802. 
ivo.  pp.  14.  Wrentham.  Nathaniel  Heaton,  Jr'.  1802. 

Literary  Remains  of  the  Rev.   Jonatlian   Jlaxcy,  D. 


D.,  President  of  Brown  University,  with   a  memoir  by 

Romeo  Elton,  D.   D.,  Late   Professor  of  the  Latin   and 

Greek  Languages  in  Brown  University. 

Svo.  pp.  452.  New  York.  A.  V.  Blake.  1844. 

Dr.  Maxcy  was  born  in  Attlcborough,  Massachusetts,  September  2,  1708,  and 
gradu.ated  at  Brown  University,  1787,  with  the  highest  honors  of  his  class. 
Immediately  after,  he  w!is  appointed  tutor  in  the  same  institution.  Four 
years  later,  he  was  chosen  pastor  of  the  First  Baptist  Church,  in  Providence. 
Upon  the  death  of  Dr.  JIannint;,  in  1792,  when  but  twenty-four  years  of 
age,  he  was  appointed  President  of  Brown  University.  "The  splendor 
of  his  genius,  and  his  brilliant  talents  as  an  orator  and  divine,"  says  his 
biographer,  Dr.  Blake,  "  had  become  widely  known  ;  and  under  bis  ad- 
ministration the  college  acquired  a  reputation  for  belles  lettres  and  elo- 
quence, inferior  to  no  seminary  of  learning  in  the  United  States."  In 
1802,  he  Wits  induced  to  accept  the  Presidency  of  Union  College,  Sche- 
nectady, N.  Y.,  and  two  years  later,  the  Presidency  of  Columbia  College, 


KIIODK    TSI.AXn.  180 

in  Soutli  Carolina.  As  a  scliolar,  Dr.  JUxcy  is  said  to  have  stood  higher 
tluui  any  otlier  President  of  a  college  in  the  United  States,  in  liis  time. 
He  died  at  Columbia,  S.  C,  June  4,  1820,  aged  52  years;  thirty-eight  of 
which  he  was  connected  with  some  college.  Ills  writings  have  been  col- 
lected and  published,  together  with  a  nieniuir  of  his  life,  by  the  Rev. 
Komeo  Elton. 

Maxcy,  Virgil.  A  Discourse  before  the  Plii  Beta  Kappa 
Society  of  Brown  University.     Delivered,  Sept.  4,  1833. 

8vo.  pp.  ;il.      Boston.  Lilly,  ^Yait,  Coleman  jf-  Holden.  1833. 

Messeu,  Asa.,  A.  M.  President  of  Rhode  Island  College. 
An  oration,  delivered  before  the  Providence  Association  of 
Mechanics  and  Manufacturers,  at  their  annual  election, 
April  11,  1803. 

8vo.  pp.  15.  Providence.  John  Carter.  1803. 

An  oration,  delivered  at  Providence,  in  the   Baptist 

^Meeting  House,  on  the  Fourth  of  July,  1803. 

8vo.  pp.  14.  Providence.  John  Carter.  1803. 
An  Address,  delivered  to  the  (iraduates  of  Rhode 

Islanil  College,  at  the   Public   Commencement,  September 

7,  1803.     Published  by  request. 
8vo.  pp.  11.  Providence.  N.  Heaton,  Jun^r.  1803. 

Messer,  Asa.,  D.  D.    An  address,  delivered  to  the  graduates  of 

Brown  University,  at  the  Commencement,  Sept.  5, 1810. 
8vo.  pp.  12.  Providence.  Rliode  Island  American.  1810. 

A  Discourse,  delivered  before  the  Warren  Associa- 
tion, on  Tuesday,  September  8,  1812. 

8vo.  pp.  18.  Providence.  D.  Hawkins.  1813. 

Dr.  Messer  was  born  in  Methuen,  Massachusetts,  May  31, 1769,  and  graduated 
at  Brown  University  in  1790.  Soon  after  graduating,  he  was  appointed 
Tutor,  afterwards  rrofessor,  and  in  1802  Tresidcut  of  the  college,  which 
office  he  held  until  the  year  1826.  He  died  on  the  11th  of  October,  1836, 
in  the  68th  year  of  his  age. 

Memorial  of  Dana  Pond  Colburn.  Fn-st  Principal  of  the 
R.  I.,  State  Normal  School ;  witli  a  sketch  of  the  Institu- 
tion. From  Barnard's  American  Journal  of  Education  for 
March,  1862.     8vo.  pp.  29. 

Metcalf,  Theron.  An  address  to  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa  Soci- 
ety of  Brown  University.     Delivered,  September  5,  1832. 

8vo.  pp.  28.     Boston.  Lilly,  Waif,  Coleman  <f  Holden.  1833. 


186  lilHLIOGUAPHY    OF 

Methodists.     See  Vindication. 

Mills,  Rev.  William  H.  The  worship  of  the  Cliurch.  A 
sermon  preached  at  the  re-opening  of  St.  Andrew's  Church, 
Providence,  R.  I.,  July  (5,  1854. 

8vo.  pp.  18.  Providence.  Knoivles,  AntJwnij\j-  Co.  1854. 

Miner,  Amos.  Life  and  Confession  of,  who  was  tried  and 
convicted  before  the  Hon.  Supreme  Court  of  Rhode  Isl- 
and, at  their  March  term,  1833,  for  the  murder  of  John 
Smith,  Esq.,  Town  Sergeant  of  Foster,  while  in  tlie  per- 
formance of  his  duty  in  said  Town  on  the  2Ut]i  day  of 
June,  1832.  And  by  said  Court  sentenced  to  be  hanged, 
July  5,  1833.  Taken  from  his  own  mouth,  and  published 
by  his  request,  and  in  which  he  has  made  a  full  and  impor- 
tant disclosure  of  facts  relating  to  the  suspected  murder  in 
Connecticut,  of  Benjamin  Berry,  a  pedlar,  from  Portland, 
Maine. 

Svo.  pp.  24.  Providence.  1833. 

Ministry  at  Large.  Reports  of  the  Ministry  at  Large,  in 
the  city  of  Providence,  presented  and  read  in  the  First 
Congregational  Church,  from  the  year  1842  to  1862. — 
Twenty-first  Report,  read  Sunday  evening,  January  25, 
1863.     By  the  Rev.  Edwin  M.  Stone. 

8vo.  pp.  23.  Providence.  Knowles,  Anthony  <|'  Co.  1863. 

The  first  report  of  this  excellent  Society  was  made  by  the  Rev.  Henry  F. 
Harrington  in  1842,  and  was  publisiied  iu  the  Providence  Journal.  Sub- 
sequent reports  to  1849  were  published  in  the  same  newspaper.  They  first 
appeared  in  a  pamphlet  form  in  18-30,  by  the  Rev.  E  M.  Stone,  and  have 
been  made  and  published  by  him  in  that  form  to  the  present  time. 

Mitchell,  Mary.  A  short  account  of  the  early  part  of  the 
life  of  Mary  Mitchell,  late  of  Nantucket,  deceased,  written 
by  herself.  With  some  selections  from  some  other  of  her 
writings,  and  two  testiiuonies  of  monthly  meetings  of 
Friends  on  Rhode  Island  and  Nantucket,  concerning  her. 

12mo.  pp.  74.  New  Bedford.  Ahm.  Shearman,  Jr.  1812. 

More,  Caleb.  The  War  in  New  England  visibly  ended. 
King  Philip,  that  barbarous  Indian,  now  beheaded,  and 
most  of  his  bloody  adherents  submitted  to  mercy  :  the  rest 


RHODK    ISLAND.  187 

fled  far  up  in  the  country,  which  hatli  given  the  inhabitants 
encouragement  to  prepare  for  their  settlement.  Being  a 
true  and  perfect  account  brouglit  by  Caleb  More,  master 
of  a  vessel  newly  arrived  from  Rhode  Island,  and  publisli- 
ed  for  general  satisfaction. 
Folio,  pp.  4. 

London.  Printed  by  J.  B.,  for  Francis  Smith.  1677. 

Morton,  Lloyk.,  M.  D.  Report  on  the  physical  condition  of 
the  Rhode  Island  Regiments,  now  in  the  field,  in  Virginia, 
and  in  tiie  vicinity  of  Washington,  D.  C,  also  on  the  con- 
dition of  the  Hospitals  in  and  around  Washington,  made  to 
His  Excellency  Gov.  Sprague,  and  by  him  presented  to  the 
General  Assembly,  January,  18G3. 

8vo.  pp.  21.  Providence.  Alfred  Anthony.  1863. 

jNIount  Hope.  Letter  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  United 
Colonies  of  New  England,  respecting  Mount  Hope,  August 
25,  1G79.  Mass.  Mist.  Coll.  \st  series,  vol.  5. 

MuLCHAHEY,  Rev.  James.  Minister  of  St.  Mary's  Church, 
Portsmouth.  Review  of  the  Rev.  J.  W.  Cooke's  pam- 
phlet, entitled  "  a  Statement  of  Facts  relating  to  the  ordina- 
tion at  Grace  Chui'ch,"  in  two  letters  addressed  to  the 
Bishop  of  the  Diocese. 

8vo.  pp-  Providence.   C.  Burnett,  Jr.  1847. 

MuMP'ORD,  Paul  M.  An  oration,  delivered  in  the  Second 
Baptist  Meeting  House,  at  Newport,  on  the  4th  of  July, 
1801,  pursuant  to  a  vote  of  the  Town. 

12mo.  pp.  2-3.  Newport.   0.  Farnsworth.  1801. 


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ARRAGANSETT.     A  Brief  account  of  thesev- 
^   eral   settlements  and  governments  in  and  about 
tlie  lands  of  the  Narragansett  Bay,  in  New  Eng- 
f    land.     By  Francis  Brinley. 

3Iass.  Hid.  Coll.  Id  scries,  vol.  5. 

A  true  and  brief  account  of  the  just  and  legal  righ 

which  we,  his  Majesty's  subjects,  petitioning,  have  of  lands 
in  the  Narragansett  country,  and  parts  adjacent,  in  his 
Majesty's  Dominions,  in  New  England.  In  all  humility 
presented,  1680.  (Signed  by  Richard  Wheaton,  Elisha 
Hutchinson,  and  John  Saflfin.) 

Mass.  Hist.  Coll.  1st  series,  vol.  5. 

Summons  of  the  King's  Commissioners  to  all  persons 


claimino-  rights  in  the  Narragansett  countrv  to  appear.  1(183. 

Ibid. 

Charles  the  Second's  Commission  to  Edward  Cran- 


field  and  othei's,  to  examine  into  the  claims  and  tiJes  to  the 
Narragansett  country,  dated  April  17,  1683.  Hid. 

Report  of  the  United  Commissioners  to  King  Charles 

the  Second,  on    the    Narragansett  country,   October    20, 
1683.  Ibid. 

.James  the  2d"s  Commission,  constitutino;  a  President 


and  Council  fpr  Massachusetts-Bay,  Narragansett  country, 
etc.  Ibid. 


Order  of  the  President  and   Council  respecting  tl 


le 


records  of  the  Narragansett  Country,  June  17,  1686.  Jlnd. 


ItlKIDK      ISLAND.  18'J 


I'forecclings  of  a  court  held  by  His  Majesty's   Com- 

inissioiuM's  and  Justices  in  tlie  Narrngnnsett  Country,  Juno 
2:^,  lGSi3.  ^  '     Ibid. 

A  Xarrative  of  tliat  part  of  New  England  called  the 


Xanliigansett  Country.     jfla«>>.  Hist.  Coll.  'id  gtries,  vol.  I. 

Tin;  writtT  of  this  tract  is  iiiiknown.  It  is  pfeserved  by  'rnmibuU  in  the  19th 
volumt'  of  ills  miiniiscripts,  but  evident!)'  appears  a  modern  copy  by  a 
hand  not  iiuiuli  skilled  in  orthograiiliy. 

Nai{RA(;an--i;tt  Paticnt.     For  notice  of,  see  AsjnntcalL 

Ni;\v  England  Jiu(;ed,  nt)t  by  3Iafis,  but  by  the  Sjiiril  of 
file  Lord :  and  tlie  summe  sealed  up  of  New  England's 
Persecutions.  Being  a  brief  Relation  of  the  sufferrino-s  of 
the  people  called  Quakers  in  those  parts  of  America,  from 
the  beginning  of  the  fifth  moneth,  1056,  (the  time  of  their 
first  arrival  at  Boston  from  England,)  to  the  latter  end  of 
the  tenth  moneth,  1660.  Wherein  the  cruel  whippings  and 
scourgings,  bonds  and  imprisonments,  beatings  and  chain- 
ings,  starvings  and  huntings,  fines  and  confiscation  of 
estates,  burning  in  the  hand  and  cutting  off  ears,  orders  of 
sale  for  bondmen  and  bond  women,  banishment,  upon  pain 
of  death,  and  the  putting  to  death  of  those  people,  are  shortly 
touched ;  with  a  relation  of  the  manner,  and  some  of  the 
other  most  material  proceedings,  and  a  judgement  thereupon. 
In  answer  to  a  certain  Paper,  intituled,  A  Declaration  of 
the  General  Court  of  the  Massachusetts,  holdenat  Boston, 
the  18tli  October,  1658,  apologizing  for  the  same.  By 
George  Bishope. 

Quarto,  pp.  198  and  147. 

London.  Printed  for  Robert  Wilson  in  1661. 

Til's  work  contains  many  particulars  relative  to  Mary  Dyar,  Daniel  Gould, 
and  other  liliode  Island  Quakers.  The  appendix  "Contains  writings  of 
those  persons  which  were  executed,  together  with  a  short  relation  of  the 
Tryal,  Sentence  and  Execution  of  William  Leddra,  written  bj-  them  in 
the  time  of  their  imprisonment  in  the  Bloodi/  Toicn  of  Boston*."  Among 
these  is  the  statement  of  llarj-  Dyar,  shortly  before  her  execution,  and 
anotlier  from  William  Coddington,  of  Rhode  Island.  The  second  part  of 
tliis  work,  printed  six  years  later,  bears  the  following  title  : 
21 


190  lilliLloGKAPllY    UK 

New  England  JuuciEi).  Tlie  second  part.  Being  a  relation 
of  the  cruel  and  bloudy  sufferings  of  the  people  called 
Quakers,  in  the  jurisdiction  of  Massachusetts ;  beginning 
with  the  sufferings  of  William  Ledra,  M'hom  they  murtlier- 
cd  and  hung  upon  a  tree  at  Boston,  the  14th  of  the  first 
moueth,  1G60-1,  barely  for  being  such  a  one  as  is  called  a 
Quaker,  and  coming  within  their  jurisdiction  ;  and  ending 
with  the  sufferings  of  Edward  Wharton,  in  the  3d  moneth, 
16G5.  And  the  remarkable  judgements  of  God  in  the  death 
oi  John  Undicot,  Governov;  John  Norton,  High  Priest,  and 
Hamphrey  Adderton,  Major  General.     By  George  Bishope. 

Quarto,  pp.  147.  London.  Printed  in  the  year  1667. 

New  England's  Ensigne;  it  being  the  account  of  Cruelty, 
the  Professor's  Pride,  and  the  articles  of  their  faith  ;  signi- 
fied in  characters  written  in  blood,  wickedly  begun,  barbar- 
ously continued,  and  inhumanly  finished,  (so  far  as  they 
have  gone,)  by  the  present  power  of  a  darkness  possest  in 
the  priests  and  rulers  in  New  England,  with  the  Dutch 
also,  inhabiting  the  same  land  ;  in  a  bloody  and  cruel  birth, 
which  the  husband  to  the  Whore  of  Babylon  hath  brought 
forth,  by  ravishing  and  torturing  the  seed  of  the  Virgin  of 
Israel. 

Happy  are  they  who  are  blest  out  of  the  hands  of  Hy- 
pocrites, by  whom  my  Saviour  sufi'ered,  as  it  is  said  in 
David.  Behold,  and  see,  our  hands,  our  sides,  and  our 
cars,  if  we  be  not  the  people  of  Christ  Jesus  suffers  in. 

This  being  an  account  of  the  sufferings  sustained  by  us 
in  New  England,  (with  the  Dutch,)  the  most  part  of  it  in 
these  two  last  years,  1657,  1658.  With  a  letter  to  John 
Indicot,  and  John  Norton,  Governor,  and  the  Chief  Priest 
of  Boston,  and  another  to  the  town  of  Boston.  Also,  the 
several  late  conditions  of  a  friend  upon  Road-Island,  before, 
in,  and  after  distraction  ;  With  some  queries  unto  all  sorts 
of  people,  who  want  that  which  we  have,  &c.  Written  at 
Sea,  by  us  wliom  the  Wicked,  in  scorn,  call  Quakers,  in  the 
second  month  of  the  yeer  1659.  This  being  a  confirma- 
tion of  so  much  as  Francis  Hovvgill  truly  published   in  his 


UlIODK    ISLAND. 


191 


Book  titled,  The  Popish  Inquisition  newly  erected  in  New 
Eno;laiul,  &c. 
Quarto,  pp.  120. 

London.  Printed  by  T.  L.,for  G.  Calvert.  1659. 

Like  George  Bisliope's  book,  tliis  relates  to  the  sufTerin^s  of  the  Quakers  in 
New  England.  Several  Hliocle  Island  Quakers  are  mentioned,  among 
them,  Horred  Gardner,  of  Newport,  and  Thomas  Harris,  of  Providence, 
(p.  72  and  73).  At  p.  110.  is  "A  true  discovery  and  relation  of  the  deal- 
ings of  God  with  Goodworth  Ilorndall,  wife  of  John  Horndall,  in  New- 
port upon  Koad-Island,  in  New  England  ;  it  being  written  for  tlie  infor- 
mation of  the  weak,  and  for  the  help  and  comfort  of  all  such  as  may  taste 
of  the  like  distempers  ;  and  also,  a  warning  to  all  such  as  may  strive  after 
salvation,  and  the  knowledge  of  the  things  of  God,"  etc. 

Nki.i,,   \\'ii.u.\m  C.     Service.s  of  Colored   Americans   in   tlie 

wars  of  ITTiJ  and  1812. 

8to.  pp.  40.  BoatoH.  liob't  W.  Wallcol.  1852. 

Contains  an  account  of  services  rendered  by  the  colored  people  in  Rhode  Isl- 
and. 

New  Exgl.vnd'.s  Teaks  for  her  present  miseries;  or,  a  late 
and  true  relation  of  the  calamities  of  New  England  since 
April  last  past.  With  an  account  of  the  Battel  between 
the  English  and  Indeans  upon  Seaconk  Plain,  and  of  the 
Indians  btirning  and  destroying  Marlbury,  Rehoboth, 
Chelmsford,  Sudbury  and  Providence  ;  with  the  death  of 
Antononies,  the  Grand  Indian  Sachem,  and  a  relation  of  a 
Fortification  began  by  women  on  Boston  Neck.  Tofjether 
with  an  elegy  on  the  death  of  .John  Winthrop,  Esq.,  late 
Governor  of  Connecticott,  and  Fellow  of  the  Royal  Society. 
Written  by  an  inhabitant  of  Boston,  in  New  England,  to 
his  friend  in  London.     With  allowance. 

Small  4to.  pp.  London.  Printed  for  N.  S.  1676. 

Newm.\x,  Svia  anus  Chace.  Rehoboth  in  the  Past.  An 
Historical  oration  delivered  on  the  fourth  of  July,  1860. 
Also  an  account  of  the  proceeding  in  Seekonk,  [the  ancient 
Rehoboth,]  at  the  celebration  of  the  day  coni|)leting  two 
hundred  and  sixteen  years  of  its  history. 

8vo.  pp.  112.  Pawtiickef.  Bobert  Sherman.  1860. 

Dexter  Genealogy  ;  being  a  record  of   the    families 


192  mmioGKArnY  of 

descended  from  the  Rev.  Gregory  Dexter  ;  with  notes  and 
bioi^rapliical  sketches  of  each  parent. 
12mo.  pp.  108.  Providence.  A.  Craivford  Greene.  1859. 

Genealogy  of  the  Read  Family,  from  1598  to  1859. 

Printed  on  a  large  sheet. 

Providence.  A.  Craivford  Greene.  1859. 

NumberinfT  of  the  Inhabitants,  together  with  statisti- 


cal and  other  information  relative  to  Woonsocket,  R.  I. 
12mo.  pp.  45.  Woonsocket.  S.  S.  Foss.  1846. 

Newpokt.  a  hand  book  of  jS^ewport  and  Rhode  Island.  By 
the  author  of  "  Pen  and  Ink  Sketches."'  [.John  Ross 
Dix,]   with  wood  cuts. 

12mo.  pp.  xii.  and  170.  Newjwrt.   C.  E.  Hannily.  1852. 

Newport  Illustrated,  in  a  series  of  Pen  and  Pencil  sketch- 
es. By  the  editor  of  the  Newport  IMercury,  [George  C 
Mason,]  with  wood  cuts. 

12mo.  pp.  110.  -New  York.  D.  Appleton  ,j-  Co.  1854. 

See  also,  Cahoone,  Broolcs,  for  other  books  relating  to  Newport. 

Newport  Artillery.  The  Charter  and  Regulations  of  the 

Artillery  Company  of  Newport,  R.  I.,  with  names  of 
members. 

18mo.  pp.  24.  Netv  York.  1860. 

Newport  and  Fall  River  Railkoad.  Argument  for  the 
extension  of  the  Old  Colony  and  Fall  River  Railroad  to 
Newport,  before  a  Committee  of  the  Legislature  of  Mas- 
sachusetts.    By  Hon.  Josiah  G.  Abbott. 

8vo.  pp.  36.  Boston.    G.  C.  Band  S,-  Avery.  1861. 

Newport  Old  Stone    Mill.      See   Lecture  on   Mysterious 

Knockinys,  etc. 
Newport  Female  Evangelical  Miscellany.  No.  1. 
8vo.  pp.  16.  Newport.  [1806.] 

Newport.  Services  at  the  dedication  of  the  School  House, 
erected  by  the  Trustees  of  the  Long  Wharf,  at  Newport, 
Rhode  Island,  May  20,  1863.     With  an  appendix. 

8vo.  pp.  106.  Neu'jwri.  Pratt  .J- 3Iesser.  1863. 


lalODE    ISLAND. 


193 


This  vohime  coTituins  tlic  aildrosses  luailc  uii  the  occasion  by  Win.  C.  Cozzcns, 
Governor  of  1!.  I.  ;  His  Honor  \V.  II.  Cranston.  Mayor  of  Newport;  A. 
Henry  Dnniont,  C'liairman  of  the  Public  Scliool  Conniiittec  ;  and  Henry 
Kousnianierc,  Public  Scliool  Connnissioner. 

Newport  Tax  Books,  fi-om  1852  to  18Go. 

Various  publisJiers. 

Newport  As.sociation  oe  Mecha>ic:s  and  MANui-ACTrREKs. 
The  Cliartor,  Constitution  and  By-law.s  of,  witli  list  of  Offi- 
cers and  Committee  of  Correspondence. 

ISmo.  pp.  vi.  and  2-1.  N'ewjmrt.  Henrij  Barher.  1702. 

Catalogue  of  tiio  Library  of. 

8vo.  pp.  Ao.  Newport.   Cranston  <j-  Norinan.  18;'0. 

NEWPORT— City  Doccmekts. 


Newport.  jVddress  of  George  H.  Calvert,  Mayor  of  the 
City  of  Newport ;  and  of  reports  of  committees  ;  compris- 
ino-  the  Finance,  Overseers  of  the  Poor,  Firewards  and 
School  Reports  for  the  year  1853-54. 

8vo.  pp.  Gl.  Newport.   Coggesliall  ,j-  Pratt.  1854. 

Newport.  Addresses  of  William  C.  Cozzens,  Mayor  of  the 
City  of  Newport ;  and  reports  of  committees,  (same  as 
above,)  for  the  year  1854-55. 

8vo.  pp.  177.  Newport.   Coggeshall  ^'  Pratt.  1855. 

Newport.  Address  of  William  eT.  Swinburne,  Mayor  of  the 
City  of  Newport,  and  reports  of  conamittees,  (same  as 
above)  for  the  year  1855-5G. 

8vo.  pp.  64.  Neicport.   Coyyesliall  <)'  Pratt.  185G. 

Newport.  Addresses  of  William  J.Swinburne  and  William 
H.  Cranston,  and  reports  of  committees,  (same  as  above,) 
for  the  year  1856-57. 

8vo.  pp.  92.  Newport.   Coggeshall  tf-  Pratt.  1857. 

Newport.  Addresses  of  William  II.  Cranston,  Mayor  of  the 
City  of  Newport,  R.  I.,  and  the  reports  of  the  various  offi- 
cers and  committees  of  the  government  of  said  city,  for  the 
year  1857-58. 

8vo".  pp.  Neivporf.  Fred.  A.  Pratt  .j-  Co.  1858. 


194  DIBUOGRAPHY    OF 

NEWPORT— City  Doccmems. 


Ne-\vport.  Addresses  of  William  H.  Cranston,  Mayor,  etc., 
and  the  reports  of  tli3  various  officers  and  committees  of 
the  government  of  said  city  for  the  year  1858-59. 

8vo.  pp.  2.39.  Newport.  Fred.  A.  Pratt  c^  Co.  1859. 

Newport.  Addresses  of  "William  H.  Cranston,  Mayor,  etc., 
and  the  reports  of  the  various  officers  and  committees,  etc., 
1859-60. 

8vo.  pp.  190.  Newport.  Hammond,  Pratt  cj-  Co.  1860. 

Newport.  Address  of  William  H.  Cranston,  Mayor,  etc., 
and  the  reports  of  the  various  officers  and  committees,  etc., 
1860-61. 

8vo.  pp.  182.  Newport.  Hammond,  Pratt  ^-  Co.  1861. 

NiLES,  Rev.  Samuel.  A  Summary  Historical  Narrative  of 
the  wars  in  New  England  with  the  French  and  Indians,  in 
the  several  parts  of  the  country. 

Mass.  Hist.  Collections,  St?  series,  Vol.  vi. 

The  author  of  this  work  was  a  clerg\-man,  of  Braintree,  Mass.  He  was  born 
al  Block  Island,  in  the  State  of  UlioJe  Island,  May  1,  1G74,  and  griiduated 
at  Harvard  College  in  1G99.  He  was  settled  at  Braintree,  May  23,  1711, 
and  died  Ma.v  1,  1762,  aged  88  years.  The  original  Ms.  of  this  work  was 
found  in  a  box  of  papers,  bequeathed  to  the  Massachusetts  Historical 
Society  b.v  the  Kev.  Dr.  Freeman.  He  was,  besides,  the  author  of  several 
Theological  works.  President  John  Adams,  in  a  letter  to  the  Hon.  Wm. 
Tudor,  dated  Quincy,  Sept.  23,  1818,  thus  speaks  of  this  manuscript  and 
its  author: 

"  Almost  sixty  years  ago,  I  was  .an  humble  .Tcquaintance  of  this  vener- 
able man,  then,  as  I  believed,  more  tlian  four  score  .years  of  age.  lie 
asked  me  many  questions,  and  informed  me,  in  his  own  bouse,  that  he 
was  endeavoring  to  recollect  and  commit  to  writing  a  History  of  Indian 
Wars  in  his  own  time  and  before  it,  as  far  as  he  could  collect  information. 
This  History  be  completed  and  prepared  for  the  press,  but  no  printer 
would  undertake  it,  or  venture  to  propose  subscription  for  its  publication. 

*  *  *  I  then   revered,  and  still  revere,   the  honest, 

virtuous,  .and  pious  man ;  and  his  memorial  of  facts  might  be  of  great 
value  to  this  country." — Xote  of  Publishing  Com.  Mass.  Illst.  Soc,  preface 
to  the  work. 

NiLES,  John  M.  '  Life  of  Oliver  Hazard  Perry;  with  an  ap- 
pcndi.v,  comprising  Biographical  Sketchesof  Captain  James 
Lawrence,  Commodores  Decatur,  Bainbridge,  Porter,  and 


KllODH    ISLAND. 


1^*5 


MacDonougli,  a  view   oi'    the    United  States  Navy,  and  a 
Biography  of  General  I'ike  and  General  Harrison. 
12mo.pp.     2d  edition.  Hartford.  ^  821. 

Notes,  Thomas.,  A.  M.  A  sermon  preached  at  Barrington, 
R.  I.,  January  29,  1817,  at  the  installation  of  the  Rev. 
Luther  Wright,  over  the  church  and  Congregational  Soci- 
ety in  that  Town. 

8vo.  pp.  32.  Providence.  Miller  ^  Hutchens.  1817. 


mm 


i-ir\^^^ii.c 


|/'SJ.ER,  ELDEll  LEMUEL,  Pastor.  The  Form 
of  Sacred  words  ;  or  a  defence  of  Literal  Literpre- 
•/j^^^yvBii,  tation.  A  Discourse,  delivered  at  tlie  dedication 
'%,^^'y  of  the  Advent  Chapel,  on  Broad  Sti'cet,  in  l'ro\i- 
■"^^'■^  dence,  R.  I.',  December  23, 1857. 
12mo.  pp.  31.  Boston.  Kneeland  Street.  1858. 

Otis,  J.VMUS.  A  Vindication  of  the  British  Colonies  against 
the  aspersions  of  the  Halifax  gentleman  in  his  letter  to  a 
Rhode  Island  friend. 

8vo.  pp.  32.  Boston.  Edes  .j-  Gill.  1765. 

The  rights  of  the  British  colonies  asserted  and  proved. 

8vo.  pp.  120.  London.  17G5. 

"  A  very  zealous  ilefeiicc  of  the  colonies,  tending  to  prove  that  every  luiin  in 
the  Britisli  dominions  is  constitutionally  a  free  man ;  and  that  no  part 
of  His  Majesty's  dominions  can  constitutionally  be  taxed  without  their 
own  consent,  and  that  every  part  has  a  right  to  be  represented  in  the  su- 
preme or  some  subordinate  legislature." — Ric/i's  Dihtiotlucii  Aiiwn'cana. 

The  Ob.tectioxs  to  tlie  taxation  of  our  American  Colonies, 

by  the   Legislature  of   Great    Britain,    briefly  considered. 

4to.  pp.  London.  1765. 

"  On  e.vaetly  opposite  principles  to  tlie  foregoing  of  Mr.  Otis,  being  an 
attempt  to  prove  not  otily  the  right  of  the' Legislature  of  Great  Britain  to 
impose  taxes  on  her  colonies,  but  the  expediency,  and  even  the  necessity 
of  exercising  that  right  in  the  present  conjuncture."— A'/<7i's  liihliotheca 
Ainrrirtnut, 


UIIOTIF.    ISLAND.  197 

The  GitiKVAXCKS  of  the  American  Colonies  candidly  examin- 
ed. By  Steijlien  Hopkins.  Printed  liy  author,  at 
Providence,  Rhode  Island. 

8vo.  jip.  47.  London.  J.  Almon.  1765. 

Tliis  work  is  noticed  under  the  autlior's  name.  It  w.-is  reprinted  in  London. 
It  is  placed  lierc  in  connection  with  tlie  celehrated  work  of  James  Otis  on 
tlio  same  suljject,  and  of  a  work  piibiislied  in  London  taking'  the  opposite 
ground  from  tliat  of  the  great  Massacliusetts  statesman. 

Olney,  Capt.   Stephen.      Life  of,  by  Mrs.  Catherine  Wil- 
liams. 
12mo.  pp.  viii.  and  312.        Providence.  For  the  author.  1839. 

O.SGOOD,  Rev.  Samuel.,  D.  D.  Two  Sermons  preached  in 
Westminster  Congregational  Church,  Providence,  Septem- 
ber 9,  1849,  on  closing  his  ministry  there. 

Svo.  pp.  31.  Providence.  Joseph  Knoivlcs.  1849. 

These  discourses  contain  a  History  of  this  Church  and  Society. 

Sermon  at  the  installation  of.     See  Peahody. 


-Ss^^nA.-^- 


$JfZ^ 


ACIFIC  CONGREGATIONAL  CflURCir,  in 

^  Providence,  R.  I.     A  candid  statement  of  Facts, 
relative  to  difficulties  existing  between  this  Ciiurcli, 
and  those  brethren  who  withdrew  and  were  form- 
ed into  a  sepai'ate  church,  with  the  documents  which  passed 
between  the  two  jiarties,  on  the  suljjeet  of  a  mutual  coun- 
cil.    Drawn  up  by  a  committee  of  said  church. 
8vo.  pp.  23.  Providence.  Barnum  Field.  1823. 

Paine,  Emersox.  An  oration  pronounced  before  the  stndents 
of  Brown  University,  at  the  First  Congregational  JNIeeting 
House,  in  Providence,  July  5,  1813,  in  commemoration  of 
American  Independence. 

8vo.  pp.  30.  Providence.  H.  Mann  J-  Co.  1813. 

Park.  Edwards  A.,  D.  D.     Memoir  of  the  Life  and  Charac- 
ter of  Samuel  Hopkins,  D.  D.     Second  edition. 
8vo.  pp.  viii.  and  264. 

Boston.  Doctrinal  Tract  and  Book  Society.  1854. 

Parsons,  Dr.  Usher.     Biogra])liy  of  Solomon  Drowne,  I\I.  D. 
Published  in  the  New  York  Lancet,  and  the  Rhode  Island 
Literary  Journal  and  Weekly  Register  of  Science  and  the 
.    Arts,  for  May  10,  1834. 


lUIODK    ISLAM). 


199 


An  ;ultlress,  doliveri-d  before  tliu  rrovidencc  Associ- 
ation for  tlie  in-omotion  of  Temperance,  May  27,  1831. 
8vo.  pp.  IG.  Providence.    Weeden  cj-  Knoules.  1831. 

IJattle  of  Lake  Erie.     A  Discoui-se  delivered  before 

tlie  Illiodc  Island  Historical  Society,  on  the  evening  of 
Monday,  February  IGtli,  1852.  By  Usher  Parsons,  M. 
D.     Printed  at  the  request  of  the  Society. 

8vo.  pp.  3(3.  Providence.  Benjamin  T.  Albro.  1853. 

Dr.  Parsons  w.as  a  surgeon  on  board  of  Commoaore  Terry's  ship  at  the  battle 
of  Lake  Erie,  wliich  event  properly  belongs  to  Rlioile  IshmJ  History, 
as  its  Commodore,  with  many  of  its  officers  and  men  went  from  Rhode 
Island,  and  built  and  eriuipped  the  fleet.  A  second  reason  why  Dr.  Parsons 
took  this  subject  for  his  discourse,  he  says  was,  "  because  he  could  speak 
of  it  from  personal  knowledge,"  and  thereby  he  adds,  "  because  a  very 
inaccurate  and  perverted  account  of  it  has  been  written  and  imposed 
upon  the  public  by  the  late  J.  Feuimore  Cooper,  Esquire."  The  pam- 
phlet, therefore,  as  it  will  be  inferred,  presents  a  particular  account  of  the 
battle,  and  a  defence  of  its  gallant  Commodore. 

Sketches  of  Rhode  Island  Physicians,  deceased  prior 

to  1850.  Prepared  for  the  Rhode  Island  Historical  Society. 

8vo.  pp.  64.  Providence.  Knoivles,  Anthony  J-  Co.  1859. 

Indian  Names  of  places  in  Rhode  Island  ;  collected 

for  the  Rhode  Island  Historical  Society. 

8vo.  pp.  iv.  and  32. 

Providence.  Knotcles,  Anthony  J-  Co.  1861. 

■ Lecture  on  Indian  Relics.  1862. 


Patten,  Rev.  William.,  A.  M.  On  the  inhumanity  of  the 
Slave  trade,  and  the  importance  of  correcting  it.  A  Ser- 
mon delivered  in  the  2d  Congregational  Church,  Newport, 
R.  I.,  August  12,  1792. 

8vo.  pp.  14.  Providence.  J.  Carter.  1793. 

Patten,  Rev.  William.,  D.  D.  A  Discourse  occasioned  by 
the  death  of  the  Rev.  President  Stiles  ;  delivered  in  the 
Second  Congregational  Church,  at  Newport. 

8vo.  pp.  16.  Exeter.  Henry  Ranlett.  1795. 

Reminiscences  of  the  Rev.  Samuel  Hopkins,  D.  D., 

of  Newport,  R.  I. 
12mo.  pp.  Warren,  U.  I.   1795. 


200  lillUJOGRArHY    OF 

A    discourse,   delivcrt'd    in    the    2d    Congregational 


Cliurcli,  Newport,  Dec.  29,  1799,  occasioned  by  the  death 
of  Gen.  Georce  Wasliington. 
8vo.  pp.  10.  J^eii'jMrt.  Henry  Barber.  1800. 

A    Discourse    delivered    in    the   2d    Congregational 

Church,  Newport,  the  Sabbath   succeeding  the  interment 
of  Dr.  Isaac  Senter,  who  died,  Dec.  20th,  1799.     Aet.  45. 

8vo.  pp.  12.  Newport.  Henry  Barber.  1800. 

A  Sermon  in  the  2d  Congregational  Church,  New- 


port, Nov.  9,  1808,  on  the  death  of  jNliss  Abigail  Potter. 
ivo.  pp.  24.  Newport.  Mercury  Office.  1807. 

A  Sermon  delivered  at  the  request  of  the  African 


Benevolent  Society,  in    the  2d    Congregational    Church, 
Newport,  April  12,  1808. 
4to.  pp.  19.  Neiiport.  Mercury  Office.   [1808.] 

— = Reminiscences  of  the  late  Rev.  Samuel  Hopkins,  D. 


D.,  of  Newport,  R.  I.,  illustrative  of  his  character    and 

doctrines,  with  incidental  subjects;  from  an  intimacy  witli 

him  of  twenty-one  years,  while  pastor  of  a  sister  church  in 

said  town.     By  William  Patten,  D.  D. 

12mo.  pp.  xiv.  and  157.       Providence.  Isaac  H.  Cady.  1843. 

Dr.  Patten's  father  was  the  Rev.  William  Patten,  who  was  first  settled  .as  suc- 
cessor of  Rev.  John  Cotton,  first  minister  of  Halifax,  Mass.  ;  afterwards 
as  minister  of  the  South  Congregational  Society,  H.artford,  Conn.  His 
mother  was  Ruth,  d.aughter  of  Rev.  Eleazer  Wheelock,  D.  D.,  founder 
and  first  Presi  lent  of  Da  tmouth  College,  N.  H. 

Dr.  Patten  was  born  in  Halifa.\,  Mass.,  January  10,  17G3  ;  graduated  at 
Dartmouth  College,  1780.  He  was  settled  as  successor  of  President  Stiles, 
over  the  Second  Congregational  Society  in  Newport,  May  24,  17SG,  where 
he  preached  forty-eight  years.  He  died  in  Hartford,  Conn.,  March  '.),  1830, 
aged  76  years.  His  remains,  with  those  of  the  Rev.  Samuel  Hopkins,  D. 
D.,  pastor  of  the  first  Congregational  Society  in  Newport,  cotcmponiries, 
warmly  .attached,  and  agreeing  in  doctrines,  rest  side  by  side  in  the  Church 
enclosure  in  Newport,  of  these  two  societies,  now  merged  into  "The  Uni- 
ted Congregational  Society."  Dr.  Patten  was  a  distinguished  theologian, 
meek  and  lowly  in  heart,  most  kind  and  benevolent.  Sjirarjuc's  Annals, 
Allen's  Biorf.  Dictionarij. 

His  published  works  in  .addition  to  those  mentioned,  are  A  Sermon  after 
his  ordination,  1786.  Christianity  the  irue  Theology,  against  Painc's 
age  of  Reason,  1702.  Memoirs  of  Kuth  Patten  ;,  and  two  Posthumous  pub- 
lications. 


niionE  151.  vNn.  "201 

Pkmsody,  ]{i.\.  EriiKAiM.  Tlie  oliject  of  tlie  Ministry.  A 
Sermon  i)reaclied  at  the  installation  of  the  Rev.  Samuel 
Osgood,  as  pastor  of  the  Westminster  Congregational 
Church,  in  Providence,  Dec.  29,  1841. 

8vo.  pp.  40.  Providence.  B.  Cranston  tf  Co.  1842. 

Peahody,  Andrew  P.  Tlie  Immutable  Right.  An  oration 
delivered  before  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa  Society  of  Brown 
University,  Aug.  31,  1838. 

8vo.  pp.  25.  Boston.   Crosby,  Nichols  ^  Co.  1838. 

Peace  Conventiox.  Report  made  to  the  (leneral  Assembly 
of  the  State  of  Rhode  Island,  at  their  January  Session, 
1861,  by  the  Comissioners  on  the  part  of  the  State  to  the 
Convention  of  Commissioners  from  the  several  States,  held 
at  the  reipiest  of  Virginia  at  Washington,  on  tlic  4th  day 
of  February,  1861. 

8vo.  pp.  9.  Providence.  Knowles,  Anthony  ^  Co.  1861. 

The  Commissioners  at  tliis  Ccmventioii  were  tlie  Hon.  Sanuel  Ames,  Cliict' 
Justice  of  R.  I.  Lieut,  tiov.  Samuel  G.  Aruolil,  Hon.  Win.  W.  Hoppin, 
Alexander  Duncan,  Esq.,  and  the  Hon.  George  H.  Browne. 

Pease,  John  C,  and  John  M.  Niles.     A  Gazetteer  of  Con- 
necticut and  Rhode  Island  ;  with  a  map  of  each  State. 
8vo.  pp.  390.  Hartford.    Wm.  S.  3Iarch.  1819. 

Tliis  work  presents  a  geographical  view  of  each  county,  with  filller  details  of 
each  town  in  tlie  State,  embracing  notices  of  population,  business,  etc. ; 
together  with  biograpliical  sketches  of  eminent  men.- 

Penny,  Rev.  Samuel.  Discourse  in  commemoration  of.  See 
Watermmi. 

Peet,  Riiv.  EnwARD  W.  A  sermon  on  the  occasion  of  Pub- 
lic Thanksgiving,  July,  1842.     See  Constitution. 

Pequot  War.  Leift  Lion  Gardeners.  His  Relation  of  the 
Pecjuott  Warres,  1660. 

Mass.  Hist.  Coll.  3tZ  series,  vol.  3. 

See  also,  3/iisoii's  Criijh  Jlisturi/  of  l\  c  Tequot  war,  8vo.  1730;  UiHlirhiU's 
News  from  America.  History  of  the  Pequot  war;  Vincent's  True  Relation 
of  tlie  late  Uatlell  between  the  English  and  the  Pequot  Salvages.  Niles, 
Samuel. — Summary  ;  Historical  Narrative  of  the  wars   in   New  England 

with  tlie  French  ami  Tndians.     Iiiuki  :  Muthrr  :   liidimi   Wnrs. 


202  liiHiJoGKArnY  oi- 

Pequot  War.  The  war  with  the  Pequots  in  1037.  A  True 
relation  of  thekte  Battell  fought  in  New  England,  between 
the  English  and  the  Pequot  Salvages  :  in  which  was  slaine 
and  taken  i)risoners  about  700  of  the  Salvages,  and  those 
which  escaped,  had  their  heads  cut  otf  by  the  jNIohocks ; 
with  the  present  state  of  things  there. 

Small  4to.  pp.  23.       London.  Printed  hi/  31.  P.,  for  Nathaniel 

Butler  and  John  Bellainie.  1G38. 

Perry,  Oliver  Hazard.  Documents  in  relation  to  the  dif- 
ferences which  subsisted  between  the  late  Commodore  O. 
H.  Perry  and  Captain  J.  D.  Elliott. 

8vo.  pp.  36.  Washington.  1821.  Boston.  1831. 

"  When  the  late  Commodore  Perry  was  about  to  sail  on  the  cruise  which  ter- 
minatcil  his  valuable  life,  he  requested  Commodore  Decatur  to  take  charge 
of  the  following  documents,  to  keep  Capt.  Klliott  in  check  during  his  ab- 
sence, and  if  any  accident  happened  to  him  while  on  his  cruise,  that  tlicy 
might  be  published,  as  the  most  effectual  means  which  would  then  be  left, 
of  guarding  his  character  against  the  baseness  and  falsehoods  of  Captain 
Elliott.  The  origin.il  documents,  of  whicli  tliese  arc  copies,  had  all  been 
transmitted  to  the  Xavy  Department  by  Commodore  Perry,  some  time  be- 
fore."— Extract  from  the  Preface. 

Manifest  of  the  charges  preferred  to  the  Navy  Depart- 


ment and  subsequently  to  Congress,  against  Jesse  Duncan 
Elliott,  Esq.,  a  Captain  in  the  Navy  of  the  U.  S.,  for  un- 
lawful conduct  while  Commodore  of  the  late  Mediterranean 
Squadron ;  and  a  refutation  of  the  recrimination  raised  by 
that  officer.  By  Charles  Crillon  Brown,  U.  S.  Navy. 
8vo.  pp.  46  and  xxiv.  [^Washinffton.']  1839. 

Perry,  O.  H.  Battle  of  Lake  Erie,  with  notices  of  Commo- 
dore Elliott's  conduct  in  that  engagement.  By  the  Hon. 
Tristram  Burges. 

12mo.  pp.  XV.  and  132.      Providence.  Broivn  ^  Cady.  1839. 

The  same. 

12mo.  pp.  XV.  and  117. 

Philadelphia.    W.  Marshall  .j-  Co.  1839. 

.Speech  of  Com.  Jesse  Duncan  Elliott,  U.  S.  N.,  de- 
livered in  Hagerstown,  Md.,  on  the  14th  November,  1843. 


RHODE      ISLAND.  203 

PublislicJ  by  the  committee  of  arrangements  of  Washing- 
ton (\mnty,  IMaryhmd. 
8vo.  pp.  i>i>  and  aj)pendix  82. 

Philadelphia.   C.  B.  Zidcr  jf-  Co.  1844. 

Perry,  ().  H.  Battle  of  Lake  Erie.  A  discourse  delivered 
before  the  R.  I.  llisorical  Society,  I'\'b.  10,  1852.  By 
Usher  Parsons. 

Perky,  O.  H.     Captain  Heath's  address  relative  to  the  Battle 

of  Lake  Erie,  June  f),  1817. 
12mo.  pp.  24.  [  WashitKjton.']  1817. 

Peruy,  O.  H.  Letter  fiom  the  Secretaiy  of  the  Navy,  trans- 
mittiiio-,  in  obedience  to  a  resolution  of  the  House  of  Re- 
pressntativescf  the22d  inst.,  copies  of  the  proceedings  of 
the  Court  Martial  ordered  by  Com.  Isaac  Chauncey,  on  the 
]\[editerranean  Station,  for  the  trial  of  Captain  Oliver  H. 
Perry  ;  also,  for  the  trial  of  Captain  John  Heatli  of  the 
Marine  Corps. 

8vo.  pp.  34.  Washini)lon.  E.  de  Kraft.  1818. 

Perky,  Oliver  H.     INIemoir  of,  by  James  Fenimore  Cooper. 

(In  the  lives  of  distinguished  naval  officers.) 
2  vols.  12mo.  Auburn,  N.  Y.    J.  C.  Derby.  184G. 

Oration,  on  the  occasion  of  celebrating  the  fortietli 

anniversary  of  the  Battle  of  Lake  Erie  ;  delivered  on  the 
10th  of  September,  1853,  in  Newport,  R.  I.,  by  George 
H.  Calvert. 

8vo.  pp.  40.  Cambridge.  Metcalf  jf-  Company.  1853. 

Perry,  Oliver  II.     Life  of,  by  Alexander  Slidell  MacKenzie. 

Life  of,  by  John  M.  Niles.     See  Mies. 

The  Heroes   of  the  North,  or  the  Battles  of  Lake 

Erie  and  Champlain.  Two  Poems.  By  Benjamin  Whit- 
man, Jr.,  Esq.      [With  two  engravings  of  Battles.] 

8vo.  pp.  24.  Boston.  1816. 

Perry  Statue.  Inauguration  of  the  Perry  Statue  at  Cleve- 
land, (Ohio,)  on  the  tenth  of  September,  18G0  ;  including 
the  addresses  and  other  proceedings,  with  a  sketch  of  Wil- 


204  liinLiocKArnY  of 

li;im  Walciitt,  tlic  Sculptor.  I'uljlislicd  by  direction  of  the 
City  Council.  ' 

8vo.  pp.  128.  Cleveland,  0.  Fairbanks,  Benedict  ij-  Co. 

A  large  deputation  from  Elude  Island,  m:mLcrn!g  nearly  tliree  liundied  rer- 
sons,  including  Gov.  Sprague  and  other  State  officers,  tl.e  Wiijor  General  of 
the  State,  and  other  military  officers,  together  with  the  First  Light  Infant- 
ry Conip.iny,  of  I'rovidence,  were  [irescnt  at  the  ceremony  referred  to. 

Peterson,  Rev.  Edwakd.     Facts  on  Congregational  intoler- 
ance and  ecclesiastical  despotism. 
8vo.  pp.  16-  Providence.  B.  F.  Moore.  1845. 

History  of  Rhode  Island. 

8vo.  pp.  370.  New  York.  John  S.  Taylor.  1853. 

This  book  abounds  in  errors,  and  is  of  no  historical  value.  It  is  not  a  con- 
tinuous history,  but  is  made  up  of  scraps  without  chronological  arrange- 
ment. 

Philip,  (Kixg.)     Return  of  loss  in  Scituate,  in  Pliilip's  War. 
Mass.  Hist.  Collections,  1st  series.  Vol.  vi. 

Answer  of  Sachem  Pliilip  to   the    letter  brought  to 

him  from  the  Governor  of  New  Plymouth.  Ibid. 

Anecdote  of  King  Philip's  Gun  lock. 

Ibid.  2d  series,  vol.  iv. 

A  narrative  of  the  causes  which  led  to  Philip's  In- 
dian Wars  of  1G75  and  1G76.  By  John  Easton,  of  Rhode 
Island  ;  with  other  documents  concerning  this  event  in  tlie 
office  of  the  Secretary  of  the  State  of  New  York.  Pre- 
pared from  the  original,  with  an  introduction  and  notes. 
By  Franklin  B.  Hough. 

4to.  pp.  xxiii.  and  207.         Albany,  N.  Y.    J.  3Iunsell.  1858. 

For  other  books  relating  to  King  riiilip's  war,  see  Church,  Drake,  Gtmkin, 
Mather  and  More. 

Pickering,  Rev.  David.  A  discourse  delivered  at  the  new 
Universalist  Chapel,  Providence,  R.  I.,  at  its  dedication, 
Dec.  29,  1825. 

8vo.  pp.  16.  Providence.  B.  Cranston.  1825. 

Sermon  delivered  at  the  installation  of  the  Rev.  Jacob 

Frieze,  to  the  Pastoral  care  of  the  First  Universalist  Soci- 
ety, in  North  Providence,  R.  I.,  Dec.  24,  1828. 

8v().  1)11.  IG.  Providence.  John  S.  Greene.  1829. 


UmiDK    LSI. AM' 


•20.' 


PiNNEGKit,  Col.  Dami).  Trial  of,  with  tlic  officers  ot  tiic 
Kentisli  Guards,  1808.     (Sec  Trial.) 

PipoN,  John.  A  discourse  delivered  at  Newport,  April  30, 
1811,  at  the  installation  of  Newport  Royal  Arch  Chapter 
No.  2,  of  Newport.  By  John  Pipon,  Minister  of  the  Gos- 
pel, in  Taunton,  Mass. 

8v().  pp.  12.  Neivport.  Jtousmamtre  <j^  Barber.  1811. 

I'lTMAN,  John.  Animal  Address  delivered  before  the  Rhode 
Island  Society  for  the  Encouragement  of  Domestic  Indus- 
try, Octoher"2l,  1828. 

8vo.  pp.  28.  Providence.   Carlile  j)'  Farinenter.  182!'. 

PrrMAX,  John.  A  Discourse  delivered  at  Providence,  Au- 
gust 5,  1836,  in  commemoration  of  the  first  settlement  of 
Rhode  Island  and  Providence  Plantations,  being  the  second 
centennial  anniversary  of  the  settlement  of  Providence. 

8vo.  pp.  72.  Providence.  B.  Cranston  ^  Co.  1836- 

Address  to  the  Alumni  Association  of  Brown  Uni- 
versity, delivered  in  Providence,  on  their  first  anniversary, 
September  5,  1843.     Published  by  request. 

8vo.  pp.  G4.  Providence.   B.  Cranston  ^  .Co.  1843. 

This  address  coutains  a  history  of  Brown  University. 

For  an  address  to  the  General  Assembly,  see  Consti- 
tution of  1842,  art.  Suffrage. 

The  Plough  and  the_  Sickle;  or,  Rhode  Island  in  the  war 

of  the  Revolution  of  1776. 
8vo.  pp.  28.  Providence.  B.  T.  Albro.  1S46. 

PoiNDEXTER.  (Mr.)  Report  from  the  Select  Committee  of 
the  U.  S.  Senate,  on  the  claims  of  Asher  Robbins  and 
Elisha  R.  Potter  to  the  Rhode  Island  Senatorsliip. 

8vo.  pp.  17. 

Senate  Doc.  23cZ  Congress,  \st  session,  No.  139.  1834. 

Minority  Report  of  the  Select  Committee  of  the  U. 

S.  Senate,   on    the  contested  seat  occupied   by   the   Hon. 
Asher  Robbins.     By  Silas  Wright,  Jun'r. 

8vo.  pp.  67. 

Senate  Doc.  2'id  Congress,  1st  session.  No.  246.  1834. 


203  llIHMOOlfAl'lIY    OF 

Poor  and  Insane.     See  Hazard,  (T.  K.)   Report. 

Potter,  Ei.isha  R.  Addresses  from  the  Hon.  Ridianl  Jack- 
son, Jun'r,  and  Elislia  R.  Potter,  Representatives  in  Con- 
gress, from  the  State  of  Rhode  Island,  to  their  constituents, 
March  6, 1812. 

8vo.  pp.  22.  [  Wanhinyton.  1812.] 

Address  to  the  Freemen  of  tlie  State  of  Rhode  Isl- 
and, by  E.  R.  Potter,  one  of  their  Representatives  in  the 
Congress  of  the  United  States.  (Dated)  South  Kingstown, 
R.  I.,  August  11,  1810. 

8vo.  pp.  23.  Neivport.  liousmanicre  J-  Barber.  1810. 

An  address  to  the  Freemen  of  Riiode  Island.     By  a 


Landliolder. 
8vo.  pp.  16.  Providence.  Herald  Office.  1831. 

Report  to  the  United  States  Senate,  on  the  claims  of 


Elisha  R.  Potter  and  Asher  Robbins  to  the  Rhode  Island 
Senatorsliip,  1833.  '  (See  Poindexter  s  Peport.') 

Mr.  Potter  was  born  in  RlioJe  Isliind,  November  5tb,  170i,  .ind  was  literally  a 
self-raaJe  man.  He  practiced  law  with  great  success  until  forty  years  of 
age,  when  the  fascinations  of  political  life  withdrew  him  from  the  courts. 
He  was  elected  to  the  Genenil  Asseniblj'  in  1 7113,  of  which  body  he  was  a 
distinguished  and  active  member  at  various  times  for  upwards  of  forty 
years,  during  which  period,  he  was  five  times  elected  Speaker  of  the 
House.  In  17'JG  and  17'J7,  and  again  in  180'J,  he  was  in  the  Congress  of 
the  United  States.  Few  political  men  in  Rhode  Island  ever  acquired  or 
maintained  a  more  commanding  influence.  This  was  mainly  the  result 
of  his  manly  powers,  of  his  rare  n.atural  endowments,  and  of  his  e.\ten- 
sive  acquaintance  with  the  motives,  principles  and  passions  which  belong 
to  human  nature,  and  determine  the  conduct  of  men.  His  speeches 
always  produced  a  powerful  effect.  Mr.  Potter  died  at  his  residence  in 
Kingston,  Sept.  26,  1835,  aged  70  years.  The  books  that  follow  are  by 
his  son,  the  Hon.  Elisha  R.  Potter. 

PoTTEK,  Hon.  Eli.^ha  R.  The  Early  History  of  Narragan- 
sett ;  with  an  appendix  of  original  documents,  many  of 
which  are  now  for  the  first  time  published. 

8vo.  pp.  xix.  and  315. 

Providence.  Marshall,  Brown  jf-  Co.  1835. 

. The  same.  Collections  of  the  Rhode  Island  Histori- 
cal Societv,  vol.  3.  1835 


liHODE    IST.ANn. 


•207 


A   Brief  atcoiint  of  .tlie  emissions  of    Taper  Money 

made  by  the  Colony  of  Rhode  Island. 

8vo.  pp.  48.  Providence.  John  U.  Biovn.  1837. 

Report  on  the  att'airs  of  the  Karragansett  Indian  trile. 


with  a  historical  statcinent  and  a  copy  of  the  Indian  Regu- 
lations of  179-2. 
8vo.  Printed  in  the  Schedule  for  January.  18.S9. 

Report,  with  abstract  of  Public  (schools,  Books  used. 


etc.  June  Schedule.  1839. 
Considerations  on  the  Rhode  Island  Question,    (The 


adoption  of  a  constitution,   and   extension    of  the   right   of 
Suffrage.) 
8vo.  pp.  ()4.  Boston.   Thomas  H.  Webb  ;f-  Co.  1842. 

Speech  on  the  memorial  of  tlic  Democratic  members 


of  the    Legislature    of    Rhode    Island.     Delivered  in    the 
House  of  Representatives,    Washington,    March  7,  9,  and 
12,  1844. 
^vo.  pp.  13.  Washinffton.    Globe  Office.  1844. 

Annual  Report,  January,  1854.     (Considerations  on 


the  relation  of  the  State  to  Education,  Religious  Education, 
with  a  full  catalogue  of  books  for  school  libraries,  etc.) 
8vo.  pp.  142.        Providence.  Sayles,  Miller  Sf  Simons.  1854. 

Potter,  Hox.  Emsha  R.  Report  to  the  General  Assembly 
on  the  subject  of  religious  corporations,  and  their  right  to 
hold  property.  Presented  at  January  session,  A.  D.  1834. 
Printed  in   the  Republican  Herald,  of  January  25,  1834. 

Report   to  the   General   Assembly  on  the  subject  of 

Abolition    petitions,    January  session,   1840.      Printed  at 
length  in  Olive  Leaf,  Feb.  12,  1840. 

Remarks  on  some  provisions  of  the  School  Laws  and 

the  duties  of  officers  and  bodies  corporate  under  them,  with 
forms  adapted  to  the  law.     51  pp.  8vo.  184(3. 

Published  by  Hon.  Henry  Banianl,  with  bis  edition  of  tlie  School  Laws,  and 
republished  several  times  since. 


208  liini.iDCiu Ai'Hv  OF 

Commissioner   of  Pnlilic    Scliools.      Animal  Report. 


January,  1850. 

Commissioner  of  Public  Scliools.     Annual   Report, 

January  25,  1S51.     Svo.  pp.  G. 

Commissioner  of  Public  Schools.   Annual  Re]iort  on 


the  condition   and  improvement  of  the  Public   Schools  of 
Rhode  Island,   January,  1852.     Published  by  order  of  the 
General  Assembly. 
8vo.  pp.  78.  Providence.  Knowles,  Anthorn/  .f-  Co.  1852. 

Commissioner  of  Public  Schools.    Annual  Report  to 

the  General  Assembly,  made  in  1853. 

8vo.  pp.  84.  Providence.  Sayles,  Miller  tf  Simons.  1853. 

Report  on  the  history  and  character  of  the  Rcjristered 

State  Debt,  January,  1847. 

12mo.  p]i.  15.  Providence.  1847. 

An  Address  delivered  before  the  Rhode  Island  His- 
torical Society,  on  the  evenino;  of  February  19,  1851. 
Published  by  the  request  of  the  Society. 

8vo.  pp.  27.  Providence.    G.  R.  WJdtney.  1851. 

School  Commissionei's'  Report  on  Public  Schools  and 

Education,  October,  1854.  (The  Bible  and  Religion  in 
Public  Schools.) 

8vo.  pp.  247.        Providence.  Knowles,  Anthonij  <.f  Co.  1854. 

Address  delivered  at  the  opening  of  the  State  Nor- 
mal School,  at  Providence,  May  29,  1854,  with  documents. 

8vo.  pp.  12.  Providence.  Knowles,  Antliony  if'  Co.  1S54. 

Commissioner  of  Public  Schools.    The  Rhode  Island 

Educational  Majrazine. 

2  vols.  8vo.  Providence.  Saijles  <|-  Miller  1852-53. 

•     Right  of  a  Legislature  to  grant  a  perpetual  excm]ition 

from  taxation.  A  report  presented  in  the  Rhode  Island 
Senate,  Aug.  26,  1862,  recommending  the  Legislature  to 
amend  the  Charter  of  Brown  University,  by  repealing  so 
much  thci'cof,  as  exempts  the  professors.from  taxation. 

8vo.  pp,  16.  Providence.  Alfred  A)i(/ioni/.  1862. 


liHODK    I.-iT.\Nl).  20!) 

I!(.])orts  nnd   Docuinents   upon    Public  Soliools  and 

Education  in  the  State  of  Rliode  Island  ;  with  the  school 
laws  ;  forms  of  doino;  business  under  them  ;  and  remarks 
and  advice  relating  to  them. 

8vo.  pp.  70).  J'rouideiice.  Knowles  .J-  Anthony.  1855. 

Pcn'TER,  Rev.  Ray.  JMinister  of  the  Gospel,  Pawtucket. — 
Memoirs  of  the  Life  and  Religious  Experience  of,  written 
hv  himself;  with  a  letter  to  Lorenzo  Dow,  1829. 

l-2nio.  pp.  283  and  12.  Providence.  H.  H.  Brown.  1820. 

Admonitions  from  "  The   Depths  of  the  Earth,"  or 

the  fall  of  Ray  Pottci-,  in  twenty-four  letters,  written  hv 
himself  to  his  brother  Nicholas  (1.  Potter. 

12mo.  pp.  192.  Paictucket,  Mass.  R.  Sherman.  1838. 

The  Poor  man's   Defence,  exiiibiting  a  brief  account 

of  tlie  circumstances  connected  with  the  difficulties  which 
of  late  has  transpired  in  the  village  of  Pawtucket,  relating 
to  the  Meeting  House,  commonly  called  the  Free  Will 
Baptist  Meeting  House.  Together  witli  tlie  proceedings  of 
the  Free  Will  Baptist  Elders'  conference  towards  Elder 
Ray  Potter,  with  strictures  on  the  same,  addressed  particu- 
larly to  Free  Will  Baptists. 

8vo.  pp.  -18.  Providence.  John  Milhr.  1823. 

Potter,  J.  B.  M.      Oration  at  Kingston,  R.  I.,  July  4,  1843. 
8vo.  pp.  24.  BoHton.   T.  H.   Webb  ,|-  t'o.  1844. 

Prkstox,  Rkv.  Wiu.iAM.  Sermon  at  the  installation  of.  See 
Crane. 

Prentiss,  Rev.  Thomas.,  A.  M.  A  Sermon  preached  at  the 
ordination  of  the  Rev.  Henry  Wiglit,  to  the  pastoral  care 
of  the  Catholic  Congregational  Society,  in  Bristol.  R.  I., 
January  5,  1785. 

8vo.  pp.  26.  Providence.  Bennett  Wheeler.  1785. 

Pkovidexce  Atheneuji.     Charter,  Constitution  and  By-laws 

of  the  Providence  Atheneum. 
8vo.  pp.  14.  Providence.    Cranston  <|-  Hammond.  1881. 


210  nn!i.i(ir;R\pnY  of 

Cliurter,  Constitution  and  By-laws  of  the  AtlR'ncuin. 


Ineorporatt'il,  January,  18o(J. 
8vo.  pp.  16.  Providence.  Knowles,  Vom'  .f-  Co.  1836. 

Tiie  Same. 

8vo.  pj).  12.  Providence.  Knowles,  Anthoni/  ij'    Co.  1852. 

First  Annual  Report  of  the  Directors  of  the  Athene- 

um  to  the  proprietors  ;  submitted,  February  27,  1837. 

8vo.  pp.  ?)0.  Providence.  Knoivles  <|'   Vase.  1842. 

Second  Annual  Report  submitted,  Monday,  Septem- 
ber 2"j,  1837. 

8s'o.  pp.  20.  Providence.  Knoivles  .f-  Vose.  1842. 

Reports    presented    and    read  at  the  Third  Annual' 

Meeting  of  the  Providence  Atheneum,  September  24, 1838. 

8vo.  pp.  24.  Providence.  Knowles,  ]'ose  j|-  Co.  1838. 

Annual  Reports  from  1838  to  1863,  beinfj  from  the 


Fourth  to  the  Twenty-eight  annual  meetings. 
Catalogue  of  the  Providence  Atheneum  Library. 


8vo.  pp.  G7.  Providence.   William  Marshall  tj-  Co.  1833. 

Catalogue  of  the  Atheneum  Library  ;  with  an  appen- 
dix, containing  the  Library  regulations,  and  a  list  of  the 
officers  and  proprietors. 

8vo.  pp.  116  andiv.  Providence.  Knowles,  Vose  J-  Co.  1837. 

First    Supplementary    Catalogue   of  the    Atheneum 

Library  ;  with  an  appendix,  containing  the  Library  regula- 
tions, and  list  of  the  officers  and  proprietors. 

8vo.  pp.  107  and  v.  Providence.  Knowles  ^  Vose.  1839. 

Catalogue  of  the  Library  of  the  Providence  Athe- 
neum, to  which  are  prefixed  the  charter,  constitution  and 
by-laws,  and  an  historical  sketch  of  the  Institution. 

8vo.  pp.  xxxiv.  and  453. 

Providence.  Knowles,  Anthony  J-  Co.  1853. 

First    Supplementary    Catalogue  of  the    Providence 

Atheneum. 

8vo.  pp.  X.  and  374. 

Providence.  Knoivles,  Anthony  ;('•  Co.  1861. 


lUKtDK    TSI.AND. 


211 


Protestant  Episcoi'ai.  Cm  luu.  Journal  of  tlic  iirocecd- 
ingsof  tlie  Annual  Convention  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal 
Church  in  the  State  of  Rhode  Island,  held  in  St.  Paul's 
Church,  North  Kingstown,  Thursday,  June  12,  1833. 

12mo.  pp.  35.  Providence.  Marshall  c|-  Broun.  1833. 

Journal  of  the  proceedings  of  the   Forty-fourth   An- 


nual Convention  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the 
State  of  Rhode  Island,  held  in  Grace  Church,  Providence, 
on  Tuesday,  June  10,  and  Wednesday,  June  11,  1834. 
8vo.  pp.  34.  Providence.  Marshall,  Broun  rf-   Co.  1884. 

The  same.     Forty-fifth,  held  at  Zion's  Church,  New- 
port, June  10, 1835. 
. The  same.     Fortv-sixth,  held  at  St.  Luke's  Church, 


East  Greenwich,  June  15,  183G. 
The    Same.       Forty-seventh,    held    at    St.    I\lark's 


Church,  Warren,  June  14,  1837. 

The  same,  to  the  Seventy-third  Annual  Convention, 


held  in  St.  Stephen's  Church,  Providence,   June  9th,  and 
lOth,  1863. 
8vo.  pp.  56.  Providence.  Knoioles,  Anthony  ^-  Vo.  1863. 

A  Review  of  the  proceedings  of  the  Protestant  Episco- 
pal Church  of  Rhode  Island,  at  their  conventions lield  June 
12,  and  August  15, 1838  ;  also,  a  review  of  a  circular  ad- 
dressed to  the  several  parishes  in  the  State.  (Signed) 
Washington  Van  Zandt. 

8vo.  pp.  24.  Providence.  Knowles.,  Vose  J'  Co.  1838. 

. Journals  of  the  Conventions  of  the  Protestant  Epis- 
copal Church  in  the  Diocese  of  Rhode  Island,  from  the 
year  A.  D.,  1790,  to  the  year  A.  D.,  1832,  inclusive. 

8vo.  pp.  126.  Providence.  Printed  by  order  Convention.  1858. 

See  also,  Henshaw. 
Ci.AKKE,  Rev.  J.  A.     A  sermon  preached  before  the 

Rhode  Island  Clerical  Convention  in  Bristol. 
8vo.  pp.  32.  Providence.  Marshall,  Brown  ^-  Co.  1834. 


112,  lillll.KKHtArilY    OK 

Tliu  I'rosjierity  of  tlie  Cliui'L-li.     A  Discourse  prcucl 


ed  ill   St.  Paul's  Church,  Pawtucket,    before  tiie   Fiftietli 
Annual  Convention  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Cluirch  in 
Khode  Island,  June  9,  1840.     By  the  Kev.  Henry  A\'ater- 
inan. 
8vo.  pp.  53.  Providence.  B.  Cranston  .f-  Co.  1840. 

Providence  Association  of  Mechanics  and  Manufactuk- 
ERS.  Charter  ami  By-laws,  Rules  and  Regulations,  with 
list  of  officers  and  members. 

l"2ino.  pp.  28.  Providence.  Bennett  Wheeler.  1789. 

8vo.  pp.    The  sain3.  Providence.  Bcnnetl  W/ieoler.  1798. 

Bvo.  pp.  35.     The  same.  Providence.  J.  Carter.  1808. 

8vo.  pp.  24.     The  same.  Brown  Sf  Dmiforth.  1820. 

The  same.  Cranston  (f  Hammond.  1826. 

The  same.     Revised  and  corrected. 

8vo.  pp.  28.  Walter  R.  Danforth.  1827. 

The  same.         .  Cranston  t'j*  Hammond.  1 834. 

The  same.  A.  C.  Greene.  1850. 

The  same.  Knowles,  Anthony  ,j-  Co.  1857. 

8vo.  pp.  28.     The  same.  Knowles,  Anthonij  J-  Co.  1860. 

Addresses  and  Orations  before  the  Providence  Asso- 
ciation of  Mechanics  and  Manufacturers.  For  full  titles, 
see  the  following  authors'  names. 

Oration  by  the  Rev.  James  Wilson,  April  14,  1794. 

Oration  by  Jonathan  Maxcy,  A.  M.,  April  13, 1795. 

Oration  by  George  R.  Burrill,  A.  B.,  April  11, 1796. 

do.  do  do.  July  4,  1797. 

Address  by  Isaac  Greenwood,  July  9,  1798. 

Lecture  by  John  Howland,  January  14.  1799. 

Oration  by  Tristam  Burgess,  A.  M.,  April  14,  1800. 

Oration  ,by  Asa  IMesser,  A.  M.,  April  11, 1803. 

Address  by  John  Howland,  Esq.,  Sec,  April  9, 1810. 

Oration  by  John  Howland,  Esq.,       April  13,  1818. 


RHODE      ISLAM).  213 

( )iMtioii  l)_v  Walter  R.  Danfortli,  Esq.,  April  8, 182-2. 

AtlJrcss  by  John  IlowJaiid,  I'resident,  Jan.  10,  1825. 

The  .same.  lii-printed  in  1830. 

( )ralion  by  Josiali  Lawton,  Aj)ril  10,  182G. 

Mechanics'  Festival.    An  account  of  the  Seventy-first 

Anniversary  of  the  Providence  Association  of  Wechunics 
and  Manufacturers,  held  in  Howard  Hall,  on  iMonday 
evening,  Feb.  27,  ISHO.  Together  with  a  ske.ch  of  the 
Farly  History  of  the  Society,  embracing  its  early  ])roceed- 
ings  in  relation  to  manufactures,  its  action  in  reference  to 
J'ublic  Schools,  Savings  Institutions,  Temperance  and  Re- 
form School,  and  brief  notices  of  deceased  officers. 

Svo.  pp.  11!».         Providence.  Knoivles,  Anthony  .)'•  Co.  1860. 

The  Biofriiiiiliical  notic-cs  in  tliis  work  .lit- as  follows  : 

IJirzilliii,  Iticliniond,  Cli.arlt's  lu-une,  AiiiJi  Ativell,  Jolin  Carlilc,  James  Bur- 
rill,  Uunnett  Wlicelcr,  William  15arton,  \yilliam  Kiclimond,  Gersliom 
.rout's,  Samuel  Tliurber,  Kicliard  Salisbury,  Kobcrt  Newell,  Sanford  New- 
ell, Isaac  Greenwood,  John  Howland,  Peter  Griiincll,  William  Taylor, 
Gabrael  Allen,  Joseph  Raich,  Samuel  W.  Wheeler,  Joel  Metcalf,  .Joseph  G. 
Metcalf,  Henry  Cushin;:,  Thomas  li.  Iloldcn,  Grindall  Keynolds,  Ben- 
jamin Tallnian,  Levi  Hall,  John  C.  Jenckcs,  Seril  Dodge,  Saimdcrs  I'it. 
man,  .John  Cairns,  Caleb  Whcaton,  Edward  Spauldin^;',  I'aylon  Dana, 
Xeliemiah  Dodge,  Samuel  Hamlin,  Peter  Taylor,  Ward  Cowing,  Jabez 
Gorhani,  .James  Burr,  Zephaniah  Andrews,  Jo!m  H.  Greene,  Stephen 
Wardwell  and  others. 

Constitution  of  the  subscriljers  to  the  Funeral  Fund 

of  the  Association  of  Mechanics  and  Manufacturers. 

12nio.  jip.  4.  Providence.  1825. 

Catalogue  of  the  Mechanics  arid  ^Vpprentices  Library, 

established  by  the  Providence  Association  of  jMechanics 
and  Manufacturers,  in  the  year  1821. 

12mo.  pp.  22.  Providence.   Crannlon  §-  Knoivles.  1830. 

The  same. 

12mo.  pp.  50.  Providence.  M.  B.  Youni/.  18-17. 

PROVIDENCE.— Cnv  of.     Books  relating  to. 

Pi.\N  OK  City  Govkrnment,  reported  by  the  committee,  to 
be  considered  by  the  Freemen  of  Providence,  in  Town 
Meeting  assembled,  on  the  1st  day  of  October,  1828. 

8vo.  pp.  11.  Printed  for  the  use  of  the  Freemen,  by  order 

of  Ih-  Town. 


214  miii.ioGH  \riiY  of 

Providknce— City  oi-.     Books  relating  to. 

City  Chartek  Proposed  for  tlie  adoption  of  the  Freemen  of 
Providence,  at  a  town  meeting,  to  be  liolden  April  29th, 
1829.  Pnblished  for  the  nso  of  the  Freemen,  by  order  of 
the  town. 

8vo.  pp.  12.  [Promdciue.  1829.] 

City  Charter,  proposed  tor  adoption  of  the  Freemen  of 
Providence,  at  a  town  meeting  to  be  holden.  October  22, 
1831. 

8vo.  pp.  ISj.  Providence.    Cranston  ^j-  Hammond.  1831. 

Charter  of  the  City  of  Providence,  and  the  act  of  the 
General  Assembly  for  organizing  the  government  untler  the 
same,  passed  at  October  session,  1831.  Together  with  a 
list  of  the  city  officers  for  the  year  1832  ;  also,  the  Mayor's 
Address  to  the  City  Council,  delivered  at  the  organization 
of  the  city  government,  June  4,  1832. 

8vo.  pp.  3!J.  Providence.    William  3Iar.ihcdl.  .)'•  Co.  1832. 

Charter  and  Ordinances,  witli  the  Acts  of  the  General 
Assembly,  relating  to  the  City  ;  pnblished  under  the  super- 
vision of  S.  W.  Bridgham,  George  Curtis,  and  Albert  G. 
Greene. 

8vo:  pp.  Providence.  1835. 

• -Address  of  Hon.  A.  C.  Barstow  to  the  City  Council  of 

Providence,  at  his   inauguration  as   Mayor,  June  7,  1852. 

8vo.  pp.  12.  Providence.  1852. 

Addresses  delivered  on  the  29th  day  of  June,  1857, 

at  the  inauguration  of  Wm.  M.  Rodman,  flavor  of  the 
city  of  Providence,  by  the  Hon.  James  Y.  Smith,  and 
others. 

[Providence  Grist  JMii.i..]     The  Legal  opinion  of  the  Hon. 

William  Hunter,  on  the  question  of  the  Town's  interest  in 

the  Ancient  Gri'<t  JNlill. 
8vo.  pp.  15.  (^Providence.)  Patriot  Office.  1829. 

■     The  Legal  ()|)inion  of  Richard  W .  (Jreene,  Escj.,  on  the 

question  of  the  Town's  interest  in  the-  Ancient  Grist  Mill. 
8vo.  ))p.  14.  Providence  IT.  II.  Broun.  1830. 


lillODK    ISLVM).  21.") 

• •     Ancient  Documents  relative  to  the   Old    Grist  !Mill, 

with  some  remarks  on  tlie  opinions  of  Messrs.  Hunter  and 
(xreene,  counsel  employed  by  the  Town  to  examine  the  same. 
[By  Benjamin  Cowell.] 

8vo.  pp.  (^Providence.')  Herald  Office  1832. 

PiioviDENCK  Aid  Sociicty.     Manual  of.     Adopted  Nov.  1855. 
12mo.  pp.  Providence.  Ivnotvlcs,  Anthony  .f-  Co.  1855. 

Annual   Repnrts  of,  1  to  S  ;  from  ( )etober,  185G,  to 

October,  I860. 

8vo.  pp.  Providence.  Knowles,  Anthony  tj-  Co.  1856-62. 

ritoviDEXCK  AxTi-Si,  vvEiiY  SociETY.  The  Report  and  pro- 
ceedings of  the  fiirst  annual  meeting  of.  With  a  brief  ex- 
position of  the  principles  and  purposes  of  the  Abolitionists. 

8vo.  pp.  16.  Providence.   IT.  H.  Brown.     1833. 

An   appeal  to  the   professors   of  Christianity  in  the 

Southern  States  and  elsewhere,  on  the  subject  of  Slavery  ; 
by  the  representatives  of  the  Yearly  Meeting  of  Friends 
for  New  England. 

8vo.  pp.  24.  Providence.  Knowles  J-  Vose.  1842. 

Pkovidexce  Association  of  the  Fuiexhs  oe  Mor.vl  Re- 
form. Address  of  the  Executive  Committee,  presented  at 
their  annual  meeting,  held  in  the  vestry  of  Richmond  Street 
Church,  Nov.  18,  1833. 

12mo.  pp.  12.  Providence  S.  R.  Weeden.  1834. 

The  same.  Presented  December  31,  1834. 

12mo.  pp.  23.  Providence.    Weeden  .j-  Cory.  1835. 

Providence  Association  for  the  Benefit  of  Colored 
Orphans.  Annual  Reports  of,  from  May,  1841  to  1862. 
1  to  22.     12mo. 

Prdvidencu  Assdciatiox  for  Friendless  Females.  An- 
nual Reports  of,  from  1852  to  18(33.     12mo. 

Providence    Auxiliary    Unitarian     AssociA'noN.      First 

and  Second  series.     Annual  Reports  of.     April,  1832-33. 

12nio.  Providence.   Thomas  Boi/le.  1832-33. 


21G  lUIiLIOUKAl'llY    OF 

pROVIUENfE   Al  XILIAHY    BlDI.E    SociETY.      The  First  Annual 

RejJort  of,  with  an  appendix. 
8vo.  pp.  24.  Providence.  Miller  J-  Iltitchem.  181G. 

Pkovidexie  YoiNG  Mex's  Bible  Society.     Annual  Report 
of,  from  1828  to  18— 

Pkovidexce  Childrex's  Friend  Society.     Annual  Repoits 

of,  from  October  5,  183G,  to  October,  1863  ;  being  1  to  28. 

12mo.  and  octavo.  Providence.    Various  years. 

Purity  and  Cliaritv.     A  discourse  in   behalf  of  the 


Children's  Friend  Society  ;  delivered  in  the  First  Baptist 
Church,    Prcvidence,    October   7,  1845.     By  Edward  B. 
Hall,  Pastor  of  the  First  Concrretrational  Church. 
8vo.  pp.  16.  Providence.   Charles  Burnett,  Jr.  1845. 

The  Pkoyidence  Directory'  ;  containing  names  of  the  inhabi- 
tants, their  occupations,  places  of  business,  and  dwelling 
houses,  with  lists  of  streets,  lanes,  wharves,  banks,  in- 
surance offices  and  other  jmblic  institutions,  from  1824  to 
1863. 

From  1824,  this  directory  was  published  every  two  years,  to  tl:e  year  1850, 
since  whice  time  it  lias  appeared  armually.  Hugli  H.  Brown  was  the  pub- 
lislier  to  the  year  1859  inclusive.  Its  form  was  a  duodecimo,  until  18(iO, 
when  it  was  issued  in  octavo,  under  the  following  title,  "  The  I'rovidcuce 
Directory,  containing  a  general  directory  of  its  citizens,  business  direc- 
tory, and  city  record,  and  a  variety  of  useful  iiiform.ation." 

Pkovidexce  Domestic  Missionary  Society.  An  address 
delivered  at  the  First  Baptist  Church,  in  Providence, 
January  21,  1833,  before  the  members  of  the  City  ^Mission, 
and  of  the  Female  Dom.  Miss.  Society.  By  the  mission- 
ary of  the  latter  Society. 

8vo.  pp.  17.  Providence.  If.  H.  Broun.  1833. 

Annual  Report  of  presented  by  William  Douglas,  at 

the  Beneficent  Congregational  Meeting  House,  April  18, 
1843. 

8vo.  pp.  22.  ,  Providence.  H.  11.  Bruun.  1843. 

PitoviDEXCE  Employment  Society.  Annual  Reports  of, 
from  May  8,  1838  to  1862.     1  to  25.     12mo. 


ItllODK    ISLAND. 


21' 


Providence  Evangelical  Seamen's  Friend  Scxiktv.  An- 
nual Reports  of,  from  1843to  1863.     1  to  19.     12ii)o. 

Providence  Female  Society.  The  constitution  of,  for  tlie 
relief  of  indigent  women  and  children. 

8vo.  pp.  12.  Providence.  John  Carter,  Jr.  1801. 

A  sermon  preached  in  the  IJaptist  Meeting  House  in 

Providence,  before  tlie  Female  Charitable  Society,  Septem- 
ber 21,  1802.  By  Jonathan  Maxcy,  D.  D.,  President  of 
Union  College,  Schenectady. 

12nio.  pp.  13.  "providence.  B.  Wheeler.  1802. 

A  discourse  delivered  in   Providence,  September  0, 

1801,  [before  the  same.]  By  Theodore  Dehon,  A.  ]M., 
Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  Newport. 

8vo.  pp.  20.  Providence.  Heaton  <j'  Williams.  1804. 

Providence  Female  Tract  Society.  Annual  Reports  of 
from  1810  to  1820.     Numbers  1  to  o.     8vo. 

Providence  Female  Benevolent  Society.  Report  and 
proposal  from  a  committee  of,  to  the  public,  on  the  subject 
of  Female  Wages. 

12mo.  pp.  24.  Providence.  1837. 

Providence  Infant  School  Society.     Report  and  constitu- 
tion of,  1834. 
8v'o.  pp.  8.  Providence.  If.  H.  Broivn.  1834. 

Providexi  E  Library  Company.     Catalogue  of  all  the  books 

belonging  to  the  Providence  Library. 
4to.  pp.  24.  Providence.   Waterman  ^  liussell.  1768. 

The  volume  also  contains  "  Rules  for  ffovernlng  the  proprietors  of,  and  in- 
structions for  rendering  useful  the  books  belonging  to  tlie  Providence 
Library."     The  cost  in  sterling  of  each  book  is  given. 

Charter    and    By-laws    of  the   Providence    Library 


Company,  and  a  catalogue  of  the  books  of  the  Library. 
12mo.  pp.  46.  Providence.  Miller  Sf  Hutchenn.  1818. 

Providence  Ladies'  Bithel  Association.    Report  of,  1841. 
12mo.  pp.  12.  Providence.  H.  H.  Broivn.  1841. 


218  lilliLIOGKAniY    OF 

Pkovidenie  Rekokm  School.  Annual  Report  of,  presented 
to  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  rrovidence,  from  De- 
cember, 1851,  to  December,  1863. 

8vo.  Providence.  lihotvles,  Atitlwny  <f   Co.  1852-63. 

Proviben-ce  Riots.  History  of,  from  September  21,  to  Sep- 
tember 24,  1831. 

8vo.  pp.  20.  Providence.  H.  H.  Broicn.  1831. 

See  also,  Hardscrahhle. 

Providence  Society  for  the  Encodkagementof  Faithful 
Domestic  Servants.  First  Annual  Report  of,  read  at  the 
annual  meeting,  Jan.  2,  1832. 

8vo.  pp.  16.  Providence.  H.  U.  Broun.  1832. 

Providence  Yoing  Men's  Christian  Union.     Organized, 

AprU  12,  1853. 
12mo.  pp.  12.       Providence.  Sayles,  Miller  ^  Simons.  1853. 

Annual    Reports  of,  presented    to  the    corporation, 

from  1853  to  18G3. 

Providence  Young  Men's  Christian  Association.  Organ- 
ized, September,  1853.  8vo. 
12mo.  pp.  16.  Providence.  A.  Crawford  Grreene.  1854. 

Dedication  of  the  rooms  of,  INIonday  evening,  Janu- 
ary 30,  1854. 

8vo.  pp.  29.  Providence.  Thomiyson  .f  Crosby.  1854. 


>£t\^'^L^ 


iUAIvERS.     The  Christian  Faitli  of  the  People 
of  God,  called  in  Scorn,  Quakers  in  li ho de  Island, 
■jf^y     (wiio  are  in  Unity  with  all   the  faithful  Brethren 
^  of  the  same  profession  in  all  parts  of  the  world,) 

V/^^^    Vindicated  from  the  calumnies  of  Christian  Lodo- 
tviek,  that  formerly  was  of  that    Profession,  but  is  lately 
fallen  therefrom.     As  also,  from   the  base  Forgeries,  and 
wicked    Slanders  of  Cotton    Mather,   called   a   Minister  at 
Boston,  who  hath  greatly  commended  the  said    Christian 
Lodowicic,  and   approved  his  false   charges   against  lis,  and 
hath    added    thereunto    many     gross,    impudent  and  vile 
calumnies  against  us  and  our  brethren,  in  his  late  address, 
so  called,  in  New  England,  the  which  in  due  time  may  re- 
ceive a  more  full  answer,  to  discover  his  Ignorance,  Pre- 
judice and  Perversion  against  our  friends  in   general  and 
G.  K.  in  particular,  whom  he  hath  most  unworthily  abused, 
etc.,  etc. 
Small  4to.  p,i.  16.  Philadelphia.  Printed  and  sold  hy 

WiUiaiii  Bradford.  1G92. 

This  tract  is  signed  by  Edward  Thurston,  Henry  Bull,  Anne  Bull,  Thomas 

Cornwall,  Thomas  Roadman,  George  Keith,  Ebenezer  Slocuni,  Joseph 

Nicholson,  Daniel  Gould,   Jacob   Mott,  Walter  Clark,  Rob.  Hutehins  and 

John  Kaston.     Most  of  these  arc  Rhode  Island  People. 

Following,'  the  above  text  is  a  collection  of  "  Testimonies  collected  out 
of  the  writings  of  out  ancient  Friends,  giving  some  account  of  their  Faith 
an  1  Belief."  Faithfully  collected  and  recommended  for  perusal,  by 
William  Dmd/hrtl. 


220  BIBLIOGRAPHY    OF 

For  notices  of  the  Quakers,  see  Friends'  Yearly  Meeting ;  Besse's  IJislori/  uf 
the  Quakers;  Lowell's  History  of  the  Quaker's;  Burnyealt ;  Fox;  Xew  Eng- 
land Judyed,  by  Bishope;  New  England's  Eniegne ;  Edmundston. 

Tiiere  was  published  in  London  a  tract  bearing  the  following  title, "  An  ex- 
amination of  tlie  Grounds  or  Causes,  which  are  said  to  induce  the  Court 
of  Boston,  in  Xew  England,  to  make  that  order  or  law  of  Banishment  upon 
pain  of  death  against  the  Quakers  ;  as  also,  of  the  grounds  and  considera- 
tions by  them  produced  to  manifest  the  warrantableness  and  justness  both 
of  their  making  and  executing  the  same,  which  tliey  now  stand  deeply 
engaged  to  defend,  having  already  thereupon  put  two  of  them  to  death," 
etc.     By  Isaac  Penington,  the  Younger.      -Ito.  pp.  99.  London.  L.  Lloyd 

1660. 
A  number  of  books  and  tracts  appeared  at  this  time  for,  and  against  the 

Quakers.  The  controversy  was  carried  on  with  the  greatest  violence ; 
indeed,  one  can  hardly  believe  that  a  religious  sect  of  such  exceeding 
amiability  and  gentleness  as  the  Friends  of  our  day,  would  have  entered 
the  arena  of  dispute  with  so  much  bitterness  and  invective  as  character- 
ized the  productions  of  their  ancestors  in  the  17th  century.  Yet,  they  were 
fully  justified  for  the  severity  of  their  remarks  in  self-defence,  when  we 
consider  the  cruelties  and  barbarous  treatment  which  they  were  forced  to 
undergo  by  the  bigoted  Puritans  of  Massachusetts.  We  have  not  space 
to  give  the  titles  of  the  books  referred  to,  the  quaintness  of  which  is  most 
curious  to  the  Bibliographer.  One  of  these  against  the  Quakers  is  called 
■'  The  Snake  in  the  Grass ;  or,  Satan  transferred  into  an  Angel  of  Light, 
discovering  the  deep  and  unsuspected  subtilty  which  is  couched  under 
the  pretended  simplicity  of  many  of  the  principal  leaders  of  those  people 
called  Quakers."  8vo.  pp.  44  and  370.  London.  1698.  To  this,  followed 
a  reply,  called  "a  Switch  for  the  Snake,  wherein  is  shown  that  author's 
injustice  and  falsehood,  both  in  quotation  and  story,  are  discovered  and 
obviated,  and  the  truth  doctrinally  deUvcred  by  us  staled  and  maintained,  in 
opposition  to  bis  misrepresentation  and  perversion."  By  Joseph  Wyetb. 
8vo.  London.  1699. 

In  the  Library  of  the  Friends'  Boarding  Scliool,  Providence,  is  a  copy 
of  the  "  Snake  in  the  Grass,"  with  the  following  note  in  the  handwriting 
of  the  late  venerable  Moses  Brown  :  "  1831,  4th  mo.,  1 1th.  Bought  this 
book  of  Wni.  R.  Staples,  as  a  wicked  curiosity,  having  read  several 
answers,  had  a  mind  to  read  the  corruption  of  those  times — Said  to  have 
been  by  John  Lesley,  a  Scotch  Churchman." 

QuiNCY,  JosiAH.  The  Memory  of  the  late  James  Grahame, 
the  Historian  of  the  United  States,  vindicated  from  the 
charges  of  "  Detraction"  and  "  Calumny,"  preferred 
against  him  by  Mr.  George  Bancroft,  and  the  conduct  of 
Mr.  Bancroft  towards  that  historian  stated  and  exposed. 

8vo.  pp.  59.  ,  Boston.   Crosbt/  <|-  Nichols.  1846. 

This  pamphlet  relates  almost  exclusively  to  John  Clarke,  and  his  connexion 
with  the  first  planting  of  the  Colony  of  Bhode  Island. 


:-iS^^^^^-s 


:4i  AILROADS.     Report  of  the  Board  of  Direc- 
tors   of   Internal   Improvements    of  the    State  of 
Massachusetts,  on  the  practicabiHty  and    expedi- 
ency of  a  Raih'oad  from  Boston  to  the  Hudson 
river,  and  from  Boston  to  Providence,  submitted 
to  the  General  Court,  Januaiy  16,  1829.     To  which  are 
annexed  the  reports  of  the  engineers,  containing  the  results 
of  the  surveys. 
8vo.  pp.  76  and  119.  Maps  and  plans. 

Boston.  Boston  Daily  Advertise):  1829. 

New  York,  Providence  and  Boston  Railroad. 

Some  remarks  shewing  the  advantages  of  the  pi'oposed  rail- 
road from  Providence  to  Stonington,  with  the  acts  of  in- 
corporation. 

8vo.  pp.  14,  12  and  9.  Map.  Providence.  1833. 

Acts  of  the  Legislatures  of  Rhode  Island  and  Con- 
necticut, relating  to  the  New  York,  Providence  and  Boston 
Railroad  Company,  and  the  New  York  and  Stonington 
Railroad  Company. 

8vo.  pp.39.     With  map. 

Netv  York.  James  Van  Warden.  1837. 

Boston  and  Providence  Railroad  Corporation. 


Annual  Reports  of  the  Board  of  Directors  of,  from  18 — 

28 


222  liIltI,IO(iKAPllY    OK 

Railroads — Books  relating  to. 


Providexce  and  Worcester  Railroad.  Facts  and  Esti- 
mates relative  to  the  business  on  the  route  ot  the  contem- 
plated railroad. 

8vo.  pp.  ?)0.  Providence.  Knowles  <|-  Vose.  1844. 

Annual  Reports  of  the  Directors  of,  to  the  stockhold- 
ers, from  the  year  184G,  to  1863. 

These  reports  are  printed  annually. 

Considerations   for   stockholders  of  the    Providence 

and  Worcester  Railroad  Co. 

8vo.  pp.  12.  Woomocket.   S.  S.  Foss.  1861. 

Further  Considerations  for  the  stockholders  ot    the 

Providence  and  Worcester  Railroad  Co. 

8vo.  pp.  27.  Providence.  Alfred  Anihoni/.  1863. 

Providence   and    Plainfield   Railroad.      Report  on  the 

Surveys  of.     By  James  Laurie. 
8vo.  pp.  31 .  ■       Providence.  Joseph  Knowles.  1848. 

Providence,  Hartford  and  Fishkill  Railroad.  Report 
on  surveys  for  the  extension  of,  from  WaterLury  to  Fish- 
kill. 

Svo.  pp.  62.     With  maps. 

Hartford.    Case,  Tiffany  J-  Co.  1853. 

Annual    reports  of    the   Providence,  Hartford    and 

Fishkill  Railroad  Co.,  to   the  stockholders,  from   the  year 
1850,  to  1863. 

These  reports  were  printed  annually. 

Providence  and  Bristol  Railroad.  Report  of  the  com- 
mittee appointed  by  the  citizens  of  Providence,  Warren 
and  Bristol. 

Svo.  pp.  16.  Providence.  Knowles,  Anthony  .f-  Co.  1S52. 

Seekonk  R.^i^ilroad.  Reports  on  the  petition  of  Tristam 
Burges  and  others,  for  a  branch  railroad  in  Seekonk,  with 
a  Bill.     8vo'.  pp.  47  and  49. 

[Cow.  of  3Iassachusetts  Document.  1836.] 

Substanceof  argument  of  respondent's  counsel  on  the 


KHODK    ISLAND.  ■228 

application  of  the  Seekonk  Branch    llailroad   Company  to 

the  committee   of  tl>c   Legislature    [of  Massachusetts,]  to 

run  locomotive  engines  on  the  I'rovidence  and  Worcester 

Railroad,  and  througii  the  Worcester  merchandize  depot. 

8vo.  pp.  40.  Boston,  John  II.  Eastburn.  1838. 

Report  and   15111   on    the  petition   of   the   Seekonk 

Branch  Railroad  Company. 
8vo.  pp.  64.  Mass.   Senate  Doc.  JVo.  98.  1838. 

RA>rtsio,  (G.  B.)  Navigationi  et  Viaggi raccolto  da  Ramusio, 
et  con  molti  vaghi  discorso,  da  lui  in  molti  luoghi  dichiarato, 
et  illustrato. 

3  vols,  folio.  Venetia.     1554-59-56. 

The  third  volume  of  tliis  vahiable  collection  relates  almost  entirely  to  America, 
containing  translations  into  the  Italian,  of  most  of  the  works  which  hart 
been  previously  published  in  Spanish,  French  and  Latin  on  the  subject, 
and  some  from  manuscript  works  which  bad  never  been  publislicd. 

"  Collection  precieusc,  ellcest  t-stime  par  les  savants,  et  regardee  encore 
■TJJourd  hui  paries  Geographes,  comme  un  des  recueils  les  plus  impor- 
tants." — Camus. 

The  reference  to  Rhode  Island  in  this  collection  is  in  the  narrative  of 
the  voyage  of  Verrazzann  to  the  coast  of  North  America,  in  the  year  1524, 
wlien  he  entered  Newport  Harbor,  and  traversed  Narragansett  Bay.  His 
sliip  remained  about  two  weeks  in  tlie  baj'.  He  is  therefore  the  earliest 
European  who  visited  our  waters,  and  his  account  of  the  Indian  tribes  at 
that  day  is  very  interesting.  For  translations  of  the  voyage,  see  Hakluyt. 
and  New  York  Historical  Soc.  Collections,  Vols.  > 

Randall,  Dexter.     Democracy  vindicated,  and  Dorrism  un- 
veiled. 
Svo.  pp.  100.  Frovidence.  H.  H.  Brown.  1846. 

Randolph,  Edward.  Instructions  from  the  Commissioners  to 
Edward  Randolph,  Esq.,  Collector,  Surveyor  and  Search- 
er of  his  Majesty's  Customs  in  New  England,  July  9, 
1678.  Mass.  Hist.  Coll.  Bd  series,  vol.  vii. 

Randolph  made  himself  particularly  obno.Kious  to  Rhode  Island  as  well  as  to 
M.assacluisetts,  from  powers  assumed  under  subsequent  instructions.  He 
let  no  opportunity  escape  of  demonstrating  his  resolution  to  have  his  in- 
structions executed  to  the  very  letter.  "  The  authorities  of  Massachusetts 
were  iar  from  wisliing  liim  success  in  carrying  his  purpose  into  all  the 
effect  which  he  desired  .and  sought.  They  looked  on  the  instructions  as 
trencliing  too  much  on  their  Ch.arter  privileges."  Note.  Mass.  /fist.  Coll. 
Ibul.     Randolph,  some  years  after,  sent  a  petition  to  James  the  Second, 


224  BIBUOGKAl'lIY    OF 

accompanied  by  serious  charges  against  Rhode  Island,  (see  Colonial  Re- 
cords, vol.  3,  p.  175,)  asking  for  writs  of  quo-warranto  against  Connecticut 
and  Rhode  Island,  which  were  granted  accordingly.  See  also,  address 
from  the  Governor  and  Company  of  Rhode  Island,  in  relation  to  the  quo- 
warranto.     Ibid.  p.  193. 

Re.\d.  Genealogy  of  the  Read  Family,  from  1598,  to  1859. 
Compiled  by  S.  C.  Newman.  Printed  on  a  very  large 
sheet.  Providence.  A.  Crawford  Greene.  1859. 

Reasons  why   the   Hon.  Elisha  R.   Potter  should  not  be  a 

Senator  in  Congress.     By  one  of  tiie  People. 
8vo.  pp.  12.  [1834.] 

Redwood,  Library.  Tlie  Laws  of  the  Redwood  Library 
Company,  and  a  Catalogue  of  the  Books  bought  in  London, 
by  John  Thomlinson,  Esq.,  with  the  Five  Hundred 
Pounds  Sterling,  given  by  Abraham  Redwood,  Esq.,  to 
the  Company  of  the  Redwood  Library.  Also  a  list  of 
Books  given  by  several  gentlemen. 

8vo.  pp.  28.  Newport.  Samuel  Hall.  1664. 

The  Preface  to  this  Catalogue  was  written  by  Rev.  Ezra  Stiles. 

Charter  of  the  Redwood  Library  Company,  granted, 

1747.  Newport,  1816,  and  Catalogue  of  the  Books  be- 
longing to  the  Redwood  Library  Co. 

8vo.  pp.  39.  Newport.  Rousmaniere  if  Barber.  1816. 


Laws  and  Regulations  of  the  Redwood  Library  Com- 
pany, as  revised  and  adopted,  September  26,  1810. 
Svo.  pp.  25.  Newport.  Rousmaniere  f  Barber.  1816. 

Appendix  to  the  Catalogue  of  Books    belonging  to 


the  Redwood  Library  Company,  Newport,  R.  I.,  Septem- 
ber, 1829. 
Svo.  pp.  14.  Newport.   W.  Sf  J.  H.  Barber.  1829. 

A  catalogue  of  the  books  belonging  to  tlie  company 


of  the  Redwood  Library  and  Atheneum,  in  Newport,  R. 
I.,  to  which  IS  prefixed  a  short  account  of  the  institution, 
with  the  charter,  laws  and  regulations. 
Svo.  pp.  xix.  and  ^b.         Providence.  Knoides  <|-  Vose.  1843. 


uiioDK  isi.ANn.  225 

A  catalogue  of  tlie  Redwood  Library  and  Atheneuin. 

in  Newport,  R.  I.,  togetiier  witli  a  supplement,  addenda, 
and  index  of  subjects  and  titles,  shewing  all  tlio  books  be- 
longing to  the  company  on  the  first  of  June,  1860.  To 
which  is  prefixed  a  short  account  of  the  Institution  ;  with 
the  Charter,  Laws  and  Regulations. 

8vo.  pp.  i.iii.  and  383.       Boston.  John  Wilson  <f  Sons.  1860. 

Annual  Report  of   the  Directors  of   the  Redwood 


Library    and  Atheneum,  to  the  proprietors.     Submitted, 
Wednesday,  September  26,  1860. 
?vo.  pp.  23.  Boston.  John  Wilson  <;'•  Sons.  1860. 

An  Historical  Sketch  of  the   Redwood  Library  and 


Atheneum,  in  Newport,  R.  I.,  from  its  origin,  in  1747,  to 
1860.     By  David  King,  M.  D. 
8vo.  pp.  53.  Boston.  John  Wilson  ^  Sons.  1860. 

Contains  a  list  of  officers,  members,  donors,  and  catalogue  of  pictures  and 

busts. 

I 

Annual  Report.     September  25, 1861. 

8vo.  pp.  20.  Boston.  John  Wilso7i  ij-  Sons.  1861. 

•    Annual  Report.     Submitted,  September  24,  1862. 


8vo.  pp.  61.  Newport.  James  Atkinson.  1862. 

Reform  Schooi,,  Providence.  Report  on  the  subject  of  a 
House  of  Reformation,  made  to  the  City  Council  of  Provi- 
dence, February  14,  1848. 

8vo.  pp.  15.  Providence.  Joseph  Knoicles,  1848. 

Annual  Reports  of,  presented  to  the  City  Council  of 


the  City  of  Providence,  from  December,  1851,  to  December 
31,  1863. 
8vo.  Providence.  Knowles,  Anthony  ^  Co.  1852-62. 

Registeked  State  Debt.  For  publications  relating  to,  see 
State  Debt  of  Rhode  Island. 

Registration  Reports.  First  Report  to  the  General  Assem- 
bly of  Rhode  Island,  relative  to  the  Registry  and  Returns 
of  Births,  Marriages   and  Deaths,  in   the  State.     For  the 


226  HIBl.IOtiRAPHY    OF 

year  ending  May  31st,  1853.     Prepared  under  the  direc- 
tion of  Asa  Potter,   Secretary  of  State.     By  Thomas  H. 
Webb. 
8vo.  pp.  vi.  and  188. 

Providence.  Sayles,  Miller  ^  Simons.  1854. 

Second  Report.     From  June  1,  1853,  to  December 

31,  1854.     Prepared  under  the  direction  of  Jolin  R.  Bart- 
lett,  Secretary  of  State.      By  Charles  W.  Parsons,  M.  D. 

8vo.  pp.  vii.  80  and  84. 

Providence.  A.  Crawford  Greene  tj-  Brother.  1856. 

Third  Report,  for    the    year  ending  December  31, 

1855.  Prepared  under  the  direction  of  John  R.  Bartlett, 
Secretary  of  State.     By  Charles  W.  Parsons,  M.  D. 

8vo.  pp.  vii.  and  83. 

Providence.  A.  Crawford  Greene  if-  Bro.  1857. 

Fourth  Report,  for  the  yaar  ending   December  31, 

1856.  Prepared  under  the  direction  of  John  R.  Bartlett, 
Secretary  of  Staie.   -  By  Charles  W.  Parsons,  M.  D. 

8vo.  pp.  vii.  and  84. 

Providence.  Knowles,  Anthony  ^  Co.  1857. 

Fifth  Report,  for  the   year    ending    December    31, 

1857.  By  Ciiarles  W.  Parsons,  Jl.  D. 
8vo.  pp.  vii.  and  96. 

Providence.  Knowles,  Anthony  <|'  Co.  1858. 

Sixth    Report,  for    the   year   ending   December  81, 

1858.     Prepared  under  the  direction  of  John  R.  Bartlett, 

Secretary  of  State.     By  Charles  AV.  Parsons,  M.  D. 
8vo.  pp.  vii.  and  96.   Providence.  Knoivles,  Anthony  ^  Co.  1859. 

Seventh  Report,  for  the  year  ending    December  31, 

1859.     Prepared  under  tlie  direction  of  John  R.  Bartlett, 
Secretary  of  State.     By  Edward  A.  Crane,  M.  D. 

8vo,  pp.  iv.  and  96.     Providence.  A.  Crawford  Greene.  1860. 

Eighth  Report,  for   the   year  ending  December  31, 

1860       Prepared  under  the  direction  of  John  R.  Bartlett, 
Secretary  of  State.     By  Edward  A.  Crane,  M.  D. 

8vo.  pp.  vii.  and  93.      Providence.   Cooke  J-  JJanielson.  1862. 


Kiioni-;  ISLAND.  'szt 

Ninth   Report,    for  the   year  ending   December  31, 

1861.  l*repared  under  the  direction  of  John  R.  Bartlett, 
Secretary  of  State.     By  Charles  W.  Parsons,  M.  D. 

8v().  pp.  vii.  and  7o.  ProoUleticc.  Alfred  Anthony.  1862. 

—     Tenth  Report,  for  the  year  ending   December  31, 

1802.  Prepared  under  the  direction  of  John  R.  Bartlett, 
Secretary  of  State.     By  Edwin  M.  Snow,  jM.  D. 

8vo.  pp.  vii.  and  80.  Providence.  Alfred  Anthony.  1864. 

Registration  Reports,  City  of  Providence,  by  Edwin 
M.  Snow,  M.  D.,  City  Registrar. 

Citv  REcasTKAR's  Report  on  the  Births,  Marriages  and 
Deaths,  in  the  City  of  Providence,  during  the  year  ending 
December  31,  1855 ;  with  an  Appendix,  showing  the 
mortality  of  Providence,  daring  fifteen  years,  from  1840, 
to  1854  inclusive. 

Providence.  Knowles,  Anthony  ^  Co.  1856. 

Second  Annual  Report  on  the  Births,  Marriages,  and 
Deaths,  in  the  City  of  Providence,  for  the  year  ending 
December  31,  1856.  By  Edwin  M.  Snow,  M.  D.,  City 
Registrar.  Providence.  1857. 

Third  Annual  Report,  &c.,  for  1857. 

Providence.  Knoivles,  Anthony  tf-  Co.  1858. 

Fourth  Annual  Report,  &c.,  for  1858. 

Providence.  Knowles,  Anthony  <|-   Co.  1859. 

Fifth  Annual  Report,  &c.,  for  1859. 

Providence.  Knowles,  Anilwny  ^-  Co.  1860. 

Sixth  Annual  Report,  &c.,  for  tlie  year  1860,  with  a 

recapitulation  of  tlie  Vital  Statistics  of  the  City,  for  the  last 

■  five  years,  and  an  abstract  of  the  census  of  Providence  in 
1860  ;  by  Edwin  M.  Snow,  M.  D.,  Sup't  of  Health  and 
Citv  Reo-istrar.  Providence.  Printed.  1861. 

Seventh  Annual  Report,  &c.,  for  1861. 

Printed.  1862. 

Eighth  Annual  Report,  &c.,  for  1862. 

Printed.  1863. 


228  mm.uKjRAPHY  ok 

The  Remembrancer  ;    or   Impartial    Repository  of    Public 

Events. 
19  vols.  8vo.  London.  Almon.  1775-84. 

The  publication  of  this  important  collection  of  papers  and  documents,  to  which 
the  American  War  gave  rise,  and  to  which  it  wholly  relates,  was  com- 
menced in  the  year  1775,  and  was  continued  down  tothe}'ear  1784;  mak- 
ing seventeen  volumes.  "  Every  authentic  paper  relative  to  the  war,  as 
also,  with  England  and  Spain,  whether  published  in  England  or  America, 
by  the  British  Ministry,  or  the  American  Congress,  are  all  carefully  in- 
serted in  this  work.  The  letters  of  the  several  commanding  officers, 
addresses,  resolutions  of  the  various  committees,  conventions,  etc.  To 
these  have  been  prefixed,  at  the  desire  of  many  persons,  a  collection  of 
authentic  papers  on  the  various  subjects  of  dispute,  from  the  resolutions 
which  gave  rise  to  the  Stamp  Actin-1761,  to  the  battle  of  Lexington  in 
177.5.  This  volume  should  accompany  the  Remembrancer,  and  is  called, 
"  Prior  Documents,  or  a  Collection  of  interesting  Authentic  Papers,  relative 
to  the  dispute  between  Great  Britain  and  America ;  shewing  the  causes 
and  progress  of  that  misunderstanding,  from  1764  to  1775."  Almon's 
Catalogue,  1786.  Mr.  Almon  was  assisted  by  Governor  Pown.ill,  in  the 
compilation  of  this  work. 

The  Result  of  an  ex-parte  council,  convened  in  Providence, 
June  19,  1832,  by  letters  missive  from  aggrieved  members 
of  the  Richmond  Street  Church  ;  with  a  brief  history  of 
the  origin  and  progess  of  the  difficulties  which  led  to  the 
convocation  of  said  couucil. 

8vo.  pp.  24.  Providence.  H.  H.  Broun.  1832. 

Rhode  Island  Art   Association.     Circular  and   Constitu- 
tion of,  with  officers  for  1854. 
8vo.  pp.  29.  Providence.  Knowles,  Anthony  ^-  Co.  1854. 

School  of  Design,  proposed  to  be  established  by. 

8vo.  pp.  13.  Providence.  1858. 

. Catalogue  of  the  First  Exhibition  of  Paintings,  Stat- 
uary and  other  works  of  art,  at  Westminster  Hall,  Provi- 
dence, September,  1854. 

8vo.  pp.  16.  Providence.  Knoivles,  Anthony  <f-  Co.  1854. 

Rhode  Island  Book.  Selections  in  Prose  and  Verse,  from  the 
Writinors  of  Rhode  Island  Citizens.  Bv  Anne  C  Lvnch. 
(1st  and  2d  editions.) 

12mo.  pp.  V.  and351. 

Providence.     Henry  C.  Whitnker.  1845. 


liiKiui';  ISLAND.  ;22'.t 

The  Rhode  Island  Baptlst.  B}-  Allen  Brown,  Preacher 
of  the  Gospel. 

Vol.  1.  8vo.  Providence.  John  Miller.  1823. 

The  second  volume  of  this  periodical  was  nevet  finished. 

1{hode  Island  Brigade.  Report  of  Tristam  Burgcs,  of 
the  select  committee  of  the  House  of  Representatives,  ot 
the  U.  S.,  to  which  was  referred  the  Memorial  of  the  Officers 
and  Soldiers  of  the  Rhode  Island  Brigade,  their  heirs  and 
representatives,  February  25,  1S3;3.  (2;3d  Congress,  2d 
session.  Report  No.  128.) 

Hvo.  pp.  40.  (  Washington.) 

Memorial  of  the  ( )fficers  and  Soldiers  of  the   Rhode 

Island  Briiiade. 

8vo.  pp.  5.     (22d  Conij.  \st  Sess.  Doc.  A^o.  77.)  Jaii.  9,  1832. 

'I'liis  memorial  presents  a  history  of  tlie  claims  of  tlie  Briijade  for  depreciation 
of  pa\-  for  Revolutionary  services,  sometimes  called  tlie  "C'rary  Balances." 

Memorial  to  Congress  from  Archibald  C.  Crary,  of 

Utica,  New  York,  relative  to  the  Rhode  Island  Brigade. 
Presented  at  the  2d  Session  of  the  37tli  Congress,  1862-63. 

Folio,  pp.  5.  ]\To  Place  or  date. 

This  memorial  makes  a  claim  for  depreciation  of  the  pay  of  Colonel  Archibald 
Crary,  father  of  the  memorialist,  who  was  Colonel  of  a  regiment  in  the 
Rhode  Island  Brigade.  The  General  Assembly  of  Rhode  Island  passed  a 
Resolution  at  their  January  session,  1863,  instructing  their  Senators  and 
Representatives  in  Congress  to  lend  their  aid  in  obtaining  relief  for  Mr. 
Crary,  and  for  the  claims  of  the  regiment  under  him. 

Rhode  Isl.\nd  Homcepathig  Society.  An  address  deliver- 
ed before,  by  A.  Howard  Okie,  M.  D.,  President  of  the 
Society. 

8vo.  pp.  28.  Providence.   Creorge  R.  Whitney. 

An  address  delivered  before,  November  3,  1852,  by 

Henry  C.  Preston,  M.  D.,  President  of  the  Society. 

8/0.  pp.  44.  Providence.  Saijles  ^  Miller.  1852. 

Rhode  Island  Literary  Repository.  A  Monthly  Maga- 
zine, containing  Biographical  Sketches,  Reviews,  Disserta- 
tions, Poetry,  Anecdotes,  etc.  From '  April,  1814,  to 
April,  1815. 

8vo.  pp.  672.  Providence.  Rohinxon  .f  Hotvland. 

29 


230  Kiiii.ioGKArnY  OF 

Conducted  by  Isaac  Bailey.  Coiitnins  biographies  of  Captain  W.  II.  Allen ; 
the  Rev.  Enos  Hitchcock ;  Dr.  Benjamin  West,  and  the  Rev.  Dr.  Man- 
ning, with  portraits. 

Rhode  Island  Medical  Society.  A  Discourse  read  before,  on 

their  anniversary,  September,  1813.    By  Henry  E.  Turner. 

8vo.  pp.  9.  Neivport.  Mercury  Office.  1813. 

Rhode  Island  Pension  Roll.  Shewing  the  names,  rank, 
&c.,  of  the  Invalid  Pensioners  in  Rhode  Island.  Congres- 
sional Document.  (No.  514,  23d  Cong.  2d  Sess.  House  of 
Representatives.)  1835. 

8vo.  pp.  46.  Wasldngton.  1835. 

Rhode  Island  Peace  Society.  Annual  Reports  of  Pub- 
lished at  various  times  from  the  year  1819,  in  which  year  it 
was  established. 

The  Rhode  Island  Register  for  the  year  1795.  12mo.  pp. 

12.    Annexed  to  the  New  England   Almanac,  by  Elijah 

Fenton. 
Rhode  Island  Register,  and  United  States  Calendar,  for 

the  year  1820. 

12mo.  pp.  108.  Providence.  Hiujli  H.  Broim.  1820. 

This  series  was  continued  annually  to  the  year  1832  inclusive,  and  issued  from 
the  same  press. 

Rhode  Island  Register,  for  the  year  1850 ;  containing  a 

Business  Directory  of  the  State,  with  a  variety  of  useful 

information.     By  George  Adams. 

12mo.  pp.  180.  voh  1. 

Providence.   Gladding  <f-  Brother.  1853. 

The  same.     Vol.  2.  pp.  184. 

Providence.   Gladding  ij-  Brother.  1856. 

The  Rhode  Island  Schoolmaster.  A  monthly  magazine, 
established  and  edited  by  Robert  Allyn,  School  Commission- 
er, in  1856 ;  edited  by  William  A.  Mowry  in  1858-59- 
and  60  ;  by  a  Board  of  Editors  in  1861 ;  and  by  a  similar 
Board  in  1862-63,  the  principal  managers  now  being 
IVIessrs.  J.  J.'Ladd  and  N.  W.  De  Munn. 

An  iibly  edited  work  devoted  to  the  cause  of  education,  literature,  science, 
moral  culture,  l.angu.nges,  history,  etc.,  etc. 


IIHODE      ISLAND.  231 

Rhode  Island  Sunday  School  Union.  Annual  Reports 
of,  read  at  tlieir  annual  meetings,  from  1826,  to  18 — 

Rhode  Island  Society  for  the  Encouragement  of  Do- 
mestic Industry.  Transactions  of,  in  the  year  1850,  with 
an  appendix. 

8vo.  pp.  124.  Providence.  Joseph  Knowles.  1851. 

Tlie  same.     Continued  annually  to  the  year  1862. 

The  following    addresses  were  delivei-ed  before  the 

Society : 

Tristam  Burges. 

Ashcr  Robbins. 

Solomon  Drown,  I\I.  D 

William  Hunter. 

William  E.  Riehmonc 

John  Pitman. 

Francis  Wayland. 

'■ —     Francis  Wayland. 

Georffc  R.  Russell, 


& 


Delivered 

Octobei 

•  17,  1821. 

do. 

do. 

16,  1822. 

D.     do. 

do. 

15,  1823. 

do. 

do. 

20,  1824. 

1.       do. 

do. 

19,  1825. 

do. 

do. 

21,  1828. 

do. 

do. 

6,  1841. 

do. 

September 

12,  185-1. 

do. 

do. 

17,  1852. 

onference  Magazine.     Edit- 

ed  by  the  Rev.  Ray  Potter,  of  Pawtucket. 
8vo.  Providence  H.  H.  Brown.  1829. 

Rhodes,  N.  C.  An  address  before  the  Society  of  Moral  Phil- 
anthropistsof  the  City  of  Providence,  Jan.  29,  1834,  at 
the  celebration  of  the  97th  anniversary  of  the  birth  day  of 
Thomas  Paine,  Esq.  With  an  account  of  the  Proceedings 
of  the  Festival. 

8vo.  pp.  15.  Providence.  1 834. 

Rhodomanthus  ;  and  the  Tunnel  Pump  and  Measure  Guard. 
12mo.  pp.  23.     [^Providence.~\  Published  for  the  author.  1858. 

A   Drama.     Persons  represented.      Eliodanianthus, — Judge    Barstow-i\koi, 

Bradii'S-thenes,    Saiiford-ion.     Aspiring  Politicians — 5/ac/c-bonion,   Crans- 
ton-ion and  Cobb-os.     The  Nuisance  Guard,  etc. 

Tliis  squib  relates  to  the  attempts  of  Mayor  Rodman  to  enforce  the  nui- 
sance act  against  the  rum  sellers.  Rhodoma/d/ius  is  meant  for  the  Mayor. 
The  others  may  be  rccon;nized  hy  tlie  portion  of  the  names  in  Ttahcs. 


232  UIBLIOGRVrHY    OF 

Richmond,  Rev.  James  Cook.     Metacomet ;  A  Poem  of  the 

Nortli  American  Indians. 
12mo.  pp.  47.  Providence.  John  F.  Moore.  1851. 

Richmond,  Wm.  E.     Mount  Hope  ;  an  Evening  Excursion. 

12mo.  pp.  69.  Providence.  Miller  J'  Uutehens.  1819. 

This  poem  was  read  before  tlie  Federal  Adelphi  of  Brown  University,  Sep- 
tember, 1816.     Nearly  one-half  the  work  consists  of  historical  notes. 

Annual  Address  delivered  before  the  Rhode  Island 

Society  for  the  Encouragement  of  Domestic  Industry,  Oc- 
tober 19,  1825. 

8vo.  pp.  21.  Providence.   Carlile  if-  Broun.  1826. 

Richmond,  John  W.     History  of  the  Registered  State  Debt 

of  Rhode  Island,  in  three  chapters. 
12mo.  pp.  lOG.  Providence.  John  F.  Moore. 

Pei-sonal.     [Relative  to  the  State  Debt.] 

12mo,  pp.  12.  Pecember  5,  1849. 

Rhode  Island  Repudiation  of  her  Registered  State 

Debt.     (By  John  W.  Richmond,  agent  for  creditors.) 

12mo.  pp.  16.  No  date.  [1853.] 

For  Tarious  publications  relative  to  the  State  Debt  of  Rliode  Island,  see  State 
Debt. 

RoBBiNS,  Asher.  An  Address  to  the  Society  for  the  promo- 
tion of  Agriculture  and  other  useful  Arts,  in  the  State  of 
Rhode  Island  and  Providence  Plantations,  at  their  annual 
meeting,  holden  in  Providence,  on  the  2d  day  of  September, 
A.  D.  1802.  Printed  for,  and  at  the  request  of  the  Society. 

Svo.  pp.  16.  Newport.  Mercury  Office.  (1802.) 

An  Address  to  the  Rhode  Island  Society  for  the  En- 
couragement of  Dometic  Industry,  delivered  at  Pawtucket, 
October  16,  1822. 

Svo.  pp.  54.  Providence.  3IiUer  i^-  Hutchens.  1822. 

Oration,  delivered  on  the  4th  of  July,  1827,  at  New- 


port, R.  I. 
Svo.  pp.  27.  ■        Providence.  Miller  ^  Hammond.  1827. 

A  Statement  of  some  leading  principles  and  measures 

adopted   by  General  Jackson,  in  his  administration  of  the 


RHODE    ISLAND. 


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national  government ;  and  the  ettects  of  those  principles 
and  measures  on  the  union,  prosperity  and  constitution  of 
the  American  People.  Addressed  to  the  citizens  of  Rhode 
Island,  in  answer  to  their  call  on  the  delagation  of  this 
State  in  Congress. 
8vo.  pp.  12.  Providence.    Wm.  Marshall  j)'-  Co.  1832. 

Report  to  the  U.  S.  Senate,  1834,  on  the  contested 

scat  occupied  by. 
8vo.  pp.  67.     Senate  Doc.  2U  Cong.  IstSess.  No.  21G.  1834. 

Silas  Wight's  minority  report  on  ditto,  April  4,  1S34. 


8vo.  pp.  34. 

See  alsj,  PjiiidcdKi-'s  Huporl  on  tlie  same  subjeot. 

A  Discourse  before  the  Phi   Beta  Kappa  Society  of 

Brown  University.     Delivered  September  3,  1834. 

8vo.  pp.  28.      Boston.  Lilly,  Wait,  Colman  ^  Holden.  1834. 

Report  of  the  Committee  on  Commerce,  in  the  Sen- 
ate of  the  United  States,  to  whom  was  i-eferred  the  memo- 
rial of  David  iSIelville,  of  Newport,  R.  I. 

8vo.  pp.  35.  \_Washin<jton.'\  1836. 

Mr.  Robbins  was  born  in  Connecticut,  and  graduated  at  Yale  College  in  1782, 
soon  after  which,  he  was  elected  a  tutor  in  Brown  University,  which  office 
he  held  for  six  years.  On  leaving  the  College,  he  studied  law  in  New- 
port, where  he  established  himself  in  practice,  and  where  he  resided 
during  the  remainder  of  his  life.  From  1825  to  1839,  he  was  a  member 
of  the  Senate  of  the  United  States.  He  was  much  attached  to  the 
ancient  classics,  especially  the  Greek,  which  he  cultivated  with  the  great- 
est delight.  In  1835,  Brown  University  conferred  on  him  the  degree  of 
Doctor  of  Laws.  He  died  in  1815,  aged  about  82  years,  respected  and 
lamented  by  all  who  knew  him. 

RoDM.iN,  Thomas  P.  A  discourse  on  Liberty,  delivered  be- 
fore an  assembly  of  the  Friends  of  Emancipation,  in  the 
Christian  Chapel,  in  Providence,  July  4,  1840. 

8vo.  pp.  15.  Providence.  B.  T.  Albro.  1840. 

Rodman,  W>t.  M.  A  Poem  delivered  at  the  Anniversary  of 
American  Independence,  in  Providence,  July  4,  1856. 
(With  Mr.  Kimball's  Oration.) 

8vo.  pp.  52.  Providence.  Knowles,  Anthony  ^  Co.  1S52. 

Ross,    AiiiHuu  A.     A  Discourse   embracing   the   Civil  and 


234  liiuiUoGUAriiY  oi' 

Religious  History  of  Rhode  Island,  delivered  in  Newport, 

April  4,  1838. 

12mo.  pp.  161.  Providence.  H.  H.  Brown.  1838. 

Mr.  Ross  was  pastor  of  the  First  Baptist  Church  in  Newport.  His  work  is 
quite  full  upon  the  history  of  Newport  from  its  first  settlement  in  1638. 

RousMANiEEE,  II.,  of  Warwick.  Letters  from  the  Pawtuxet. 
A  series  of  Letters  on  the  History  of  the  Valley  of  the 
Pawtuxet  river.  Published  in  the  Providence  Journal 
during  the  years  1859  and  (JO. 

These  letters  cover  the  history  of  au  important  district,  in  which  facts  are 
brought  to  light  which  illustrate  the  progress  of  the  mechanic  arts.  As 
early  as  the  year  1732,  Joseph  Biicklin  established  a  machine  shop  five 
miles  north  of  the  village  of  Washington,  now  in  the  town  of  Coventry. 
In  1740,  the  six  sons  of  Jabez  Greene,  of  Warwick,  established  a  forge 
and  anchor  shop  in  tlie  same  town.  They  were  also  the  owners  of  the 
ancient  anchor  mill  at  Potowomut.  Nathanael,  one  of  the  brothers,  was 
the  father  of  Gen.  N.tth.  Greene.  The  latter  was  managing  the  concern 
in  Coventry,  when  he  was  summoned  to  the  war.  The  progress  of  manu- 
factures on  the  Pawtuxet  River  are  narrated  in  detail,  and  with  great  accu- 
racy in  these  letters.  They  also  contain  notices  of  the  prominent  men, 
with  histories  of  their  faniilies. 

Biography  of  Christopher  Greene,  the  hero  of  Red 

Bank.  Published  in  the  "  Kent  County  Atlas,"  during  the 
year  1852. 

Annual  Reports,  as  Commissioner  of  Public  Scliool?, 


for  the  years  1861  and  62. 

Rum.  At  a  Court  held  at  Punch  Hall  in  the  Colony  of  Bac- 
chus. The  indictment  and  trial  of  Sir  llichard  Hum,  n 
person  of  noble  birth  and  extraction,  well  known  both  to 
rich  and  poor  throughout  all  America  ;  who  was  accused  for 
several  misdemeanors  against  his  majesty's  liege  people,  viz  .• 
killing  some,  wounding  others,  bringing  thousands  to  pov- 
erty, and  many  good  families  to  utter  ruin. 

It  is  not  the  USE  but  the   ABUSE  of  any  good    thing 
that  makes  it  hurtful. 

The  ninth  edition,  with  a  preface  and  a  song,  composed 
by  vSir  Richard  immediately  after  his  discharge. 
12mo.  ]ip.  19.  Providence.  Prin  icd  and  sld  hy 

John  Waterman.      •  1774. 


luiDin-;  ISLAND.  235 

Russell,    Jonathan.     Oration   pronounced  in    tlie   Baptist 

Meeting  House,  in  Providence,  on  the  anniversary  of 
American  Independence,  July  4,  1800. 

8vo.  pp.  2o.  Providence.  Bennett  Wheeler.  1800. 

The  same. 

12mo.  pp.  38.  Warren.  Nathaniel  Phillips.  1800. 

The  same.     14th  edition. 

8vo.  pp.  26.  Providence.  Robinson  cj'  JTotvland.  1814. 

■     The  same. 

8\o.  ))p.  20.  Watertoum,  K.  Y.   WoodirarJ.  1830. 

To  the  Freemen  of  Rhode  Island,  &c.  By  a  Repub- 
lican,    (attributed  to  Mr.  Knsscll.) 

8vo.  pp.  16.  JVo  date. 

Jonathan  Russell,  son  of  Thomas  Russell,  was  born  in  rroviJenco,  in  1771, 
and  graJuateJ  at  Brown  University  in^  1701,  with  the  highest  honors  of 
his  class.  He  was  a  versatile,  forcible  and  elegant  \vriter,  ami  well  versed 
in  political  science.  He  filled  several  high  and  responsible  diplomatic  sta- 
tions, and  performed  their  duties  with  marked  ability.  For  several  years 
ho  was  Minister  Plenipotentiary  of  the  United  States  at  Stockholm,  and 
one  of  the  Commissioners  who  negotiated  the  Treaty  of  Peace  with  Great 
Britain,  at  Ghent,  in  1814.  On  his  return,  he  settled  at  Mcndon,  Mass., 
and  was  soon  after  elected  a  Representative  to  Congress.  With  the  ex- 
ception of  the  Fourth  of  July  Oration,  above  mentioned,  which  passed 
through  more  than  twenty  editions,  and  liis  diplomatic  correspondence 
while  in  Paris,  London  and  Stockholm,  Mr.  Russell  has  left  few  records  of 
his  varied  intellectual  gifts.  He  died  at  Milton,  JIass.achusetts,  in  1832, 
aged  01  years.  George  R.  Russell,  of  Roxbury,  Mass,  distinguished  also 
for  his  talents,  is  the  son  of  Jonathan  Russell. 

Russell,  George  R.  Address  before  the  R.  I.  Society  for 
the  Encouragement  of  Domestic  Industry,  and  tlie  R.  I. 
Horticultural  Society,  Sept.  17,  1852. 

8vo.  pp.  28.  Providence.  Knowles,  Anthony  <|-  Co.  1852. 


o..£«Nfgj^l 


SCHOOLS.     Report  to  the  General  Assembly, 

rune  Session,  17U9,  on  the  expediency  of  making 
rovisions  by  law  for  the  support  of  Free  Schools, 
'ith  "  An  Act  to  establish  Free  Schools." 

:mo.  pp.  12.    Newport.   Oliver  Farnsworth.  1799. 

This  Report  is  signed  by  Moses  Lippitt,  Riclmnl  Jaclison,  Jr.  and  James  Bur- 
rill,  Jr.,  Committee. 

Report  of  the  Committee   on  Public   Schools.     (F. 

Wayland,  Wm.  T.  (irinnell,  and  Tlionias  T.  Waterman, 
Committee.) 

Svo.pp.  11.  April  22.  1828. 

Debate  on  the  Bill  establishing  Free   Schools,  at  the 

January  Session  of  the  Rhode   Island   Legislature,  1828. 

8vo.  pp.  24.  Providence.  F.  Y.  Carlile.  1828. 

The  Report  of  a  Committee  on  the  subject  of  Schools, 

•with  a  Table,  showing  the  number  of  Schools  in  Rhode  Isl- 
and, the  sums  expended  for  their  support,  and  the  number 
of  scholars  taught  in  them.     Submitted  May  17,  1832. 

8vo.  pp.  12.  Providence.  J.  Knowles.  1832. 

Acts  relating  to  the  Public  Schools  of  Rhode  Island. 

Published  by  order  of  the  (Jcneral  Assembly,  January 
Session,  1839. 

Svo.pp.  34.  Providence.  1839.. 

By-laws  of  the  School    Committee,  and   Regulations 

of  the  Public  Schools  in  the  City  of  Providence. 

8vo.  pp.  32.  Providence.  B.  Cran»ton  J-  Co.  1840. 


KMODE    ISI.ANll.  237 

Schools.     Books  relating  to. 

Address  delivered    before  the   Washington    County 

Association,  for  the  Improvement  of  Public  Schools,  at 
Wickford,  January  3d,  1845.     By  Rowland   G.  Hazard. 

8vo.  pp.  42.  Providence.  Benjamin  F.  Moore.  1845. 

Act  relating  to  the  Public  Schools  of  Rhode  Island. 

8vo.  pp.  16  Providence.  B.  Cranston  tj-  Co.  1846. 

'—     Report  to  the  City  Council  of  Providence,  presented 

June  1,  1846  ;  by  their  committee  appointed  Sept.  3, 1838, 
to  superintend  the  erection  of  School  Houses,  on  the  re- 
organization of  Public  Schools. 

8vo.  pp.  16.  Providence.  Knowles  ^  Vose.  1846. 

For  other  books  relating  to  Public    Scbools,  see    Colored  Schools,   Factories, 
Truiinci/,  Barnard,  E.  li.  Potter. 

Acts  relating  to  the  Public  Schools  of  Rhode  Island, 

with  remarks  and  forms.  Published  by  order  of  the  Gene- 
ral Assembly. 

8vo.  pp.  79.  Providence.   Charles  Burnett,  Jr.  1847. 

The  same.     Consolidated  and  Revised,  June,  1851. 

8vo.  pp.  124.  Providence.  Sayles  cf  Miller.  1851. 

. Journal  of  the  Rhode  Island  Institute  of  Instruction, 

from  1845  to  1848.  Edited  by  Henry  Barnard,  Commis- 
sioner of  Public  Schools. 

3  vols.  8vo.  Providence.  1846-48. 

Report  of  tlie  Commissioner  of  Public  Schools.    By 

E.  R.  Potter,  January  25,  1851.     8vo.  pp.  8. 

Report  of  the  Committee  on  Finance,  in  relation  to 


the  School  Fund,  made  to  the  Senate,  October,  1851 
8vo.  pp.  14.  Providence.  Sayles  J'  Miller.  1851. 

Report  on  the  condition  and   improvement  of  the 

Public   Schools  of    Rhode   Island,    Janizary,    1852.     By 
Elisha  R.  Potter,  Commissioner. 

8vo.  pp.  78.  Providence.  Knowles,  Anthony  jf-  Co.  1852. 

Report   on   ditto.     January,    1853.     By  Elisha  R. 

Potter,  Commissioner. 

8vo.  pp.  77.  Providence.  Sayles,  Miller  cj-  Simons.  1853. 


238  Mim.iDfiKM'iiY  (11 

Schools.     Books  relatiiia'  to. 


Address    at   tlic  opening  of  the  Rhode   Island  State 

Normal  School,  at  Providence,  May  29, 1854.  By  E.  R. 
Potter,  Commissioner  of  Public  Schools. 

ivo.  pp.  12  Providence.  Knoivles,  AntJtoni/  ij'  Co.  1854. 

Report  of  the  Commissioner  [W.  B.  Sayles]  appoint- 


ed  to  ascertain   the    number,    ages,  hours   of  labor,    ami 
opportunities    for  the    education    of  children  employed  in 
the  manufacturing  establishments  of  Rhode  Island ;  made 
to  the  General  Assembly,  at  its  January  session,  1853. 
0.  pp.  Providence.  Sayles,  3Iiller  .f-  Simons.  1858. 

Report  on  the   Condition  and  Improvement  of  the 

Public  Schools  of  Rhode  Island,  Nov.  1 ,  1 845.  By  Henry 
Barnard,  Commissioner. 

0.  pp.  255.  Providence.  1854. 

Report  upon  Public  Schools  and  Education  in  Rhode 


Island,  October,  1854.  (Bible  and  Prayer  in  Schools.)  By 
E.  R.  Potter,  Commissioner. 

8vo.  pp.  248.        Providence.  Knoivles,  Anthony  <J-  Co.  1854. 

■     Reports  and  Documents   upon   Public  Schools  and 

Education  in  the  State  of  Rhode  Island.  By  E.  R.  Potter, 
late  Commissioner  of  Public  Schools ;  with  the  School 
Laws  ;  forms  for  doing  business  under  them,  and  remarks 
and  advice  I'elating  to  them. 

8vo.  pp.  700.         Providence.  Knowles,  Anthony  <f"  Co.  1855. 

Acts  and  Amendments  relating  to  the  Public  Schools 

of  Rhode  Island  ;  with  remarks,  forms  and  decisions.  Pub- 
lished by  order  of  the  General  Assembly. 

8vo.  pp.  166.  Providence.  A.  Crawford  Greene.  1 856. 

Acts  relating  to  the  Public  Schools  of  Rhode  Island  ; 

with  remarksJand  forms.  Printed  by  order  of  the  General 
Assembly. 

Svp.  pp.188.        Providence.  Sayles,  Miller  ^  Simons.  1857. 

Will  th'e  General  Assembly  put  down  Caste  Schools  ? 

Signed  by  George  T.  Downing  and  others. 

Svo.  pp.  15.  Dated,  Providence,  Tbecemher,  15.  1857. 


UIIODK    Isr.AM).  230 

Schools.     Books  relating  to. 

Minority  Report  of  the  Committee  on  Education,  of 


the  General  Assembly  of  Rhode  Island,  on  the  abolition  of 
Caste  Schools.     January  session,  1858. 
12mo.  pp.  10.  Providence.  J.  Flagg,  Can-  c|-  Co.  1858. 

To  the  Friends  of  Equal   Rights  in  Rhode  Island. 

Signed  by  George  T.  Downing  and  others. 

8vo.  pp.  8.  Dated,  Providence,  April.  1859. 

Report  of  the  Minority  of  the  Committee   upon  the 


Memorial   of  Samuel   T.  Hopkins,  against  the  validity  of 
the  election  of  the  Fourth  Representative  from  the  City  of 
Newport,  the  Hon.  Charles  C.  Van  Zandt. 
8vo.  pp.  14.  Providence.  H.  L.  Tillinyhad.  1859. 

Minority   Report  of  the    Committee  on    Education, 

upon  the  petition  of  Isaac  Rice  and  others. 
8vo.  pp.  5.  Providence.  Knoic/es,  Anthony  <f  Co.  1859. 

We   wuuld  ask,   why  deny   us  our  School  Rights  V 

Broadside.  Bated,  Rhode  Island,  Jan.  1859. 

Signed  by  Downing  and  otliers. 

The  Rhode  Island  Schoolmastek.  A  monthly  magazine, 
established  and  edited  by  Robert  AUyn,  School  Commission- 
er, in  185U  ;  edited  by  William  A.  Mowry  in'  1858-59- 
and  60  ;  by  a  Board  of  Editors  in  1861 ;  and  by  a  similar 
Board  in  1862-6-3 ;  the  principal  managers  now  being 
Messrs.  J.  J.  Ladd  and  N.  W.  DeMunn.  Providence. 

Rhode  Island  Educational   Magazine.     Edited  by  E.  R. 

Potter,  Commissioner  of  Public  Schools. 
2  vols.  8vo.  Providence.  1852-1854. 

ScrruATE,    Rhode    Island.     Valuation  of  Property  in  the 

Town  of,  October,  1803. 
12mo.  pp.  27.  Providence.  Alfred  Anthony.  1864. 

Scott,  .Jon.     Journal  of  the  Life,  Travels  and  Gospel  Labours 

of  that  faithful  servant  and  minister  of  Christ,   Job   Scott. 

12mo.  pp.  xii.  and  -300.  New  York.  Isaac  Collins.  1797. 


240  BIBLIOGR.VPHT    OF 

The  same.     With  a  supplement.     ''  The  Baptism  of 


Christ." 
12mo.  pp.  281.  Warrington.    W.  Leicester.  1798. 

Sargent,  L.  M.  Address  delivered  at  the  Beneficent  Congre- 
gational Meeting  House,  July  4,  1838  ;  being  the  first 
Temperance  Celebration  of  Amei'ican  Independence  in 
Providence. 

8vo.  pp.  32.  Providence.  B.  Cranston  ^  Co.  1838. 

Seaes,  Barnas.     a  Memoir  of  the  Rev.  Bela  Jacobs,  A.  M. 

Compiled  chiefly  from  his   Lettei's  and  Journals,   by   his 

daughter ;  with  a  sketch  of  his  character. 
12mo.  pp.  vii.  and  305. 

Boston.   Gould,  Lincoln  ^  Edmunds.  1837. 

SfivifEL,  William.  The  History  of  the  Rise,  Increase,  and 
Progress  of  the  Christian  People,  called  Quakers ;  inter- 
mixed with  several  remarkable  occurrences.  Written  origi- 
nally in  Low  Dutch,  and  also  translated  into  English.  The 
second  edition  corrected. 

Folio,  pp.  xii.  and  699.  London.  J.  Soivle.  1725. 

The  same. 

2  vols.  8vo.  Philadelplda.  1823. 

Sharp,  Rev.  Daniel.  A  Discourse  delivei-ed  in  the  First 
Baptist  Meeting  House,  in  Providence,  August  20,  1828, 
at  the  interment  of  the  Rev.  Stephen  Gano,  A.  M.,  late 
Pastor  of  that  Chui'ch. 

8vo.  pp.  20.  Boston.  Lincoln  ^  Edmands.  1828. 

Sheffield,  William  P.  The  substance  of  a  paper  read  be- 
fore the  Rhode  Island  Historical  Society,  upon  the  early 
liistory  of  Block  Island. 

Published  in  the  Providence  Journal.  1859. 

A  Speech  in  opposition  to  the  Personal  Liberty  Bill, 


delivered  in  the  House  of  Representatives  of  Rhode  Island, 
February  12,  1858. 

Published  in  the  Providence  Journal,  February.  1858. 


KHODE    ISLAND. 


241 


Speech  delivered  in  the  House  of  Representatives  of 

R.  I.,  upon  the  repeal  of  the  Personal  Liberty  Bill,  Janu- 
ary 22,  1861. 

Published  in  the  Providence  Journal.  1861. 

Sheparu,  Rev.  Thomas,  D.  D.  An  Historical  Discourse 
from  Psalm  xlviii.  12,  13,  delivered  in  Bristol,  November 
25,  1850,  on  the  occasion  of  taking  leave  of  the  old  house 
of  worship,  reviewing  the  chief  incidents  in  the  history  of 
the  Church  and  Society  since  their  formation  ;  the  latter, 
in  1680,  and  the  former  in  1687. 

Svo.  pp.  26.  Providence.  Sayles,  Miller  ^  Simons.  1857. 

A  Discourse  preached  at  the  Dedication  of  the  new 

Cono-regational  Church,  Nov.  25,  1856  ;  Psalm  Lxxvii.  13. 

8vo.  pp.  29.         Providence.  Sayles,  Miller  ^  Simons.  1857. 
These  discourses  are  liistorical,  and  contain   notices  of  the  early  settlers  of 
Bristol. 

"A    Ministry    of    fourteen    years."      A    Discourse 

preached  from  Psalm  xc.  12,  at  Ashfield,  Mass.,  June  16, 
1859,  it  being  the  40th  anniversary  of  his  settlement  in 
that  town. 

Svo.  pp.  24.  Providence.  Knowles,  Anthony  ^  Co.  1859. 

"  A  Memorial  of  a  Ministry  of  25   years."     Psalm 


Lxxxvii.  7,  in  which  a  concise  history  of  his  pastorate  of  a 
quarter  of  a  century  was  given  ;  issued  on   the  morning  of 
Jan.  1,  1860. 
8vo.  pp.  9.  Providence.  Knoivles,  Anthony  (f*  Co.  1860. 

Ainmal  Reports  on  the  state  of  the  Public  Schools, 

in  Bristol,  from  about  the  year  1848  to  1862. 

Sherman,  Sylvester  (i.     Address  before  the  North  Kings- 
town Temperance  Society,  Nov.  4,  1832. 
8vo.  pp.  16.  Providence.    Wm.  Simons,  Jr.  1882. 

Report  on  the  petition  of  Henry  J.  Duff  and  others, 


for  alteration  of  the  State  Constitution,  to  admit  natural- 
ized citizens  to  vote,  January  session,  1847. 
8vo.  pp.  16.  Providence.  M.  B.  Youmj.  1847. 


242  lillU.IOCltAPHY    OF 

Sherman,  Elder  Eleazer.  Trial  of,  before  an  Ecclesiastical 
Council,  held  at  the  Meeting  House  of  the  Christian  Soci- 
ety, in  Providence,  July  21,  1835. 

8vo.  pp.  10.  Providence.  H.  H.  Brown.  1835. 

Simons,  Benjamin  B.  Funeral  Oration,  delivered  in  the 
Chapel  of  Rhode  Island  College,  on  Friday,  the  13th 
November,  1795,  occasioned  by  the  death  of  Mr.  Thomas 
Edwards,  classmate  of  the  deceased. 

8vo.  pp.  10.  Providence.  B.  Wheeler.   [1795.] 

SiMMS,    Wm.     Gilmore.      The   Life  of  Nathanael    Greene, 

Major  General  in  the  Army  of  the  Revolution. 
12mo.  pp.  393.  New  York.   G.  F.  Coolidgc  J-  Bro.  1819. 

Slater,  Samuel.     Memoir  of,  see  White. 

Slanders  Refuted.     Being  a  reply  to  the  foul   and  abusive 

attacks  made  on  Dutee  J.  Pearce  and  Tristam  Burges. . 
8vo.  pp.  18.  [Subsequent  to  1826.]     No  date. 

Slave-Trade.  Constitution  of  a  Society  for  abolishing  the 
Slave-Trade  ;  with  several  acts  of  the  Legislatures  of  the 
States  of  Massachusetts,  Connecticut  and  Rhode  Island, 
for  that  purpose. 

8vo.  pp.  19.  Providence.  John  Carter.  1789. 

See  Mr.  Patten's  Sermon  on  the  Slave-trade. 

Smith,  Hon.  C.  B.,  of  Indiana.  Speech  on  the  Rhode  Island 
Controversy,  1844.     (See  Constitution.') 

Smith,  Rev.  Francis.  A  Discourse  delivered  in  the  Fourth 
Baptist  Meeting  House,  Providence,  on  the  re-opening  of 
the  House,  after  its  enlargement,  October  20,  1850. 

8vo.  pp.  22.  Providence.  John  F.  Moore.  1851. 

Smith,  Rev.  Wm.,  A.  M.  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  New- 
port. A  Discourse  at  the  opening  of  the  Convention  of 
Clerical  and  Lay  Delegates  of  the  Church  in  the  State  of 
Rhode  Island.  Delivered  in  Trinity  Church,  Newport, 
Thursday,  the'  18th  of  November,  1790. 

8vo.  pp.  19.  with  an  appendix,  xii. 

Providence.  J.  Carter.  [1790.] 


)!H(II)1',    ISLAND. 


24-3 


Smith.  Rkv.  Wm.  A  Discourse  delivered  before  tlie  Grand 
Lodge  of  the  most  ancient  and  honorable  fraternity  of  Free 
and  Accepted  Masons  of  the  State  of  R.  Island,  June  29, 
17!'l. 

Small  4to.  pp.  Providence.   Bennett  Wheeler.  1791. 

A  Discourse  delivered  in  St.  John's  Church,  Provi- 
dence, before  the  Rt.  Rev.  Samuel,  Bishop  of  Connecticut 
and  Rhode  Island,  and  the  Clerical  and  Lay  Delegates  of 
the  Protestant  Episcopal  Courch,  in  the  State  of  Rhode 
Island,  July  31,  1793  ;  at  the  ordination  of  the  Rev.  John 
Usher,  of  Bristol. 

8vo.  pp.  IG.  Providence.  J.  Carter.  1793. 

Dr.  Siiiitli  was  born  in  Scotland  about  tlie  year  1752;  was  educated  at  one  of 
its  universities,  and  came  to  America  as  an  ordained  minister  in  1785. 
He  was,  at  various  times,  settled  in  Maryland,  Uliode  Island,  Connecticut, 
New  York,  and  other  places,  never  remaining  long  in  one  place.  He  had 
the  reputation  of  being  an  excellent  scholar.  Por  a  while  he  taught 
school  in  some  of  these  places.  The  latter  part  of  his  life  was  spent  in 
the  city  of  New  York,  in  writing  for  the  press.  "  His  colloquial  powers," 
says  Dr.  Blake,  in  hi»  Biog.  Dictionary,  "  were  extraordinary,  rendering 
him  an  agreeable  companion  ;  and  he  frequently  preached  cxtemporaneous- 
]y_ljeing  always  interesting,  and  sometimes  eloquent."  He  died  in  New 
York,  April  2B,  1821. 

S.vow,  Edwin  M.,  M.  D.,  Superintendent  of  Health,  and  City 
Registrar.  Report  on  the  Births,  Marriages  and  Deaths  in 
the  City  of  Providence,  during  the  year  ending  December 
31,  1855;  with  an  Appendix,  showing  the  mortality  of 
Providence,  during  fifteen  years,  from  18-10  to  1854,  in- 
clusive. 

8vo.  Providence.  Knowles,  Anthony  <f  Co.  1856. 

The  publication  of  these  reports,  which  commenced  in  the  year  1856,  have 
been  continued  to  the  present  time  by  Dr.  Snow,  and  have  been  pronounc- 
ed the  most  thorough  and  complete  of  their  kind,  of  any  published  in  the 
United  States. 

Census  of  the  City  of  Providence,  taken    in  July, 

1855 ,  with  a  brief  account  of  the  ]\Ianufactures,  Trade, 
Commerce,  and  other  Statistics  of  the  city  ;  and  an  Appen- 
dix, o-ivinc  an  account  of  previous  enumerations  of  the 
population  of  Providence.  By  Edwin  M.  Snow,  M.  D. 
First  and  Second  Editions,  Providence,  185G.     Pages  82. 


244  miiT.lOGRAPHT    OF 

Statistics  and  Causes  of  Asiatic  Cholera,  as  it  pre- 


vailed in  Providence,  in  the  Summer  of  1854 ;  being  a  let- 
ter addressed  to  the  Mayor  of  Providence,  by  Edwin  M. 
Snow,  M.  D.,  Providence,  1855. 

First  Annual  Report  of  the  Superintendent  oi  Health 

of  the  City  of  Providence.     Year  ending  July  1,  1857. 

Providence..  1857. 

Histoiy  of  the  Asiatic  Cholera,  in  Providence,  11.  I. 

Printed  from  the  Providence  Joinmal  of  December  31, 
1857.  •  Providence.  1857. 

Report  on  the  Small  Pox  in  the  City  of  Providence, 


from  January  to  June,  1859.  Providence.  1859. 

Address   on  the   Epizooty,  lately  prevalent    among 


swine  ;  .with  the  results  of  post-mortem  examinations.     By 
G.  L.  Collins,  M.  D.,  of  Providence.     Read  before    the 
Rhode  Island   Medical   Society,  at  their  annual  meeting, 
June  19,  1861. 
8vo.  pp.  22.  '  Providence.  1861. 

Snov^',  Rev.  Joseph.     Funeral  Sermon  on,  see  Q-ano. 

Spear.  Proceedings  in  the  Supreme  Court  of  Rliode  Island  ; 
March  Term,  1825,  in  relation  to  two  indictments  against 
William  S.  Spear,  for  an  alleged  libel  on  Edward  Dexter 
and  Sarah  Mumford. 

Svo.  pp.  20.  Providence.    William  S.  Spear.  1825. 

Spragtje,  William,  Jun'r.  An  Official  Report  of  one  of 
the  committee  of  the  House  of  Representatives  of  Rhode 
Island,  on  the  subject  of  Masonry. 

Svo.  pp.  23.  Providence.  Daily  Advertiser.  1832. 

Sprague,  Williasi,  Governor  of  Rhode  Island.     Memoir  of, 

in  "  Heroes  and   Martyrs  :    Notable   Men  of  the  Time." 

4to.  vol.  1.  New  York.   G.  P.  Putnam.  1862. 

Staples,  William  R.  Annals  of  the  Town  of  Providence, 
from  its  first'  settlement  to  the  organization  of  the  City 
Government,  in  June.  1832. 

Svo.  pp.  vi.  and  670.  Providence.  Knowles  (f  Vose.  1843. 


HUODE    ISLAND.  245 

Tlie  same.     Collections  of  the  Rhode  Island  Histori- 
cal Society,  Vol.  v. 

The  Documentary  History  of  the  Destruction  of  the 


Gaspe.e.      Compiled  for  the  Providence  Journal. 
Royal  8vo.  pp.  oG.      Providence.  Knowles,  Vose  jf  Co.  184"). 

Tlie  Proceedings  of   the  First  General  Assembly  of 

"  The  Incorporation  of  Providence  Plantations,"  and  the 
Code  of  Laws  adopted  by  that  Assembly,  in  1647.  With 
notes  Historical  and  Explanatory. 

8vo.  pp.  63.  Providence.   Charles  Burnett,  Jr.  1847. 

History    of    the    Criminal    Law   of    Rhode    Island. 


Charge  delivered  to  the  Grand  Jury  of  the  Court  of  C!om- 
mon   Pleas  in  Newport  and  Providence.      Published    by 
order  of  the  General  Assembly. 
8vo.  pp.  29.  Providence.  No  date. 

See  also,  Gorton's  Simplicities  Defence.,  printed  in  the 

R.  I.  Historical  Collections,  Vol.  2. 

State  Papers  included  in  the  Public  Archives  of  the  State : 
The  following  is  a  list  of  the  several  manuscript  volumes  in 
the  office  of  tlie  Secretary  of  State,  and  known  as  the  State 
Archives.  The  various  papers  are  all  chronologically  ar- 
ranged and  bound  in  volumes,  and  classified  ac^cording  to 
their  several  subjects. 

The  Charter  of  the  governor  and  company  of  the  English 
Colony  of  Rhode  Island  and  Providence  Plantations,  in 
New  England,  in  America,  granted  by  King  Charles  the 
Second,  in  1663. 

The  original  Charter,  beautifully  written  on  three  large  sheets  of  parchment, 
mounteJ  on  linen  anil  framed. 

Records  of  the  Colony  of  Rhode  Island,  from  the  year  1638 
to  1696.     Folio. 

Tliis  volume  contains  a  record  of  the  transactions  of  the  first  settlers,  at  Ports- 
mouthand  Newport,  with  records  of  Deeds  of  lands  from  the  Indians,  and 
conveyances  from  the  early  colonists  to  each  other,  lists  of  freemen,  etc. 
It  also  contains  the  agreement  of  the  first  settlers  of  tlie  Islan<l  of  Khode 
Island,  with  tlieir  autograph  signatures. 
31 


246  BIBLIOGRAl'HY    OF 

State  Papers. 

Records  of  the  Colony  of  Rhode  Island  from  l(j-iG  to  IG'JO — 
one  largo  folio  volume. 

This  volume  embraces  the  official  journals  of  tlie  General  Assembly,  pro- 
ceedings of  the  Governor  and  Council ;  some  records  of  the  Court  of 
Trials,  with  a  number  of  Indian  Deeds  and  other  land  evidences. 

Records  of  the  Colony  of  Rhode  Island  from  1671  to  1686, 
one  folio  vol. 

The  same.  from  1686  to  1715,  one  vol.,  folio. 

The  same.  do.  1715  to  1745,  one  vol.,  folio. 

The  same.  do.  1745  to  1841,  21  vols.,  folio. 

These  are  all  originals,  with  the  exception  of  the  volume  containing  the  records 
from  108G  to  1715,  which  is  a  copy  made  by  order  of  the  General  Assem- 
bly, in  1827.  The  copy  of  the  Journals  of  the  General  Assembly,  in  tl;e 
Secretary's  Office,  during  this  period,  were  quite  imperfect,  some  sessions 
being  wanting,  while  others  were  so  defaced  as  to  be  scarcely  legible.  To 
make  them  complete,  and  in  a  condition  for  reierence,  the  transcript  re- 
ferred to,  was  made. 

Ancient  Records  of  the  Colony  of  Rhode  Island,  from  1638 
1679  ;  also,  the  Court  Records  during  the  Administration 
of  Sir  Edmund  Andros,  1685  to  1688.    1  volume,  folio. 

This  is  a  copy  of  the  early  records  transcribed  by  Mr.  Charles  Gyles,  of  New- 
port, under  the  direction  of  Chris.  E.  Robbins  aud  Henry  Bull,  by  Reso- 
lution of  the  General  Assembly,  in  1824,  and  is  the  only  record  that  can 
be  used,  owing  to  the  illegible  condition  of  the  originals. 

Records  of  Indian  Deeds,  conveyances,  and  other  land  evi- 
dences, chiefly  before  the  year  1700.     4  volumes,  folio. 

BoDYE  OF  Laws  of  the  Colony  of  Rhode  Island,  from  1663, 
to  1705,  being  the  first  known  digest,  a  manuscript  volume. 

Book  of  Records,  containino;  the  acts  and  orders  of  the  Gov- 

ernor  and  Council,  both  general  and  particular,  since  INIay 

1,  1667.     1  volume,  folio. 

This  volume  contains  chiefly  ihe  proceedings  of  the  Governor  and  Council 
during  the  war  of  Great  Britaiu  with  Holland,  France  and  Spain,  and  ex- 
tends to  the  year  1753.  Their  meetings  were  between  the  sessions  of  the 
General  Assembly. 

Proceedings  of  the  Colonies  of  the  English  Colonies  in  North 
America,  held  at  Albauj',  1756,  for  the  purpose  of  making 
a  Treatv  with  the  Six  Nation.^  of  Indians.     1  volume  folio. 


uiioDi-;  isi.AMi.  247 

State  rA]'Kus. 

Journal  of  the  Council  of  AVar,  from  1776  to  1781  iiulu- 
sive.     4  volumes,  folio. 

I'koceedings  of  the  General  Council  and  of  the   Council  of 
War,  from  1755  to  1772.     1  volume,  folio. 

Pkoceedings  in  the  Court  of  Equity,  from  1741  to  December, 
1743.     1  volume,  folio. 

Census  of  the    Inhabitants  of   the   Colony  of  Rhode   Island, 
taken  in  1774.     1  volume,  folio. 

Makine  Protests,  from  1721  to  1795.     5  volumes,  folio. 

Okiginal  Manuscript  Schedules,  or  acts  and  proceedings  uf 

the  General  Assembly,  from  1649  to  1710.     4  vols,  fblio. 

Journals  of  the  Senate  from   1740  to  1792,  in  7  irort-folios. 

Journals  of  the  House  of  Representatives,  from  1728  to  1782, 
in  13  port-folios. 

Miscellaneous  Papers  from  1780  to  1783,  in  two  port-folios. 
Acts  and  Resolutions  of  the  General   Assembly,  from  the 
year  1728  to  1860,  in  52  folio  volumes. 

Rhode  Island  Law  Cases  ;  appeals  to  the  General  Assembly, 
from  the  year  1725  to  1740,  nine  volumes,  folio. 

From  the  year  1780  to  1799,  four  volumes,  folio. 

Rhode  Island  Cases  in  Equity,  1741  to  1743,  six  volumes. 

Petitions  to  the  General  Assembly,  with  accompanyino-  acts 
and  cliarters,  1725  to  1860,  seventy-two  volumes,  folio. 

Charters,  1780  to  1863,  twenty-two  volumes,  folio. 

Retorts  of  the  Committees  to  the  General  Assembly,  1728  to 
1860,  14  volumes,  and  one  vol.  of  index. 

Miscellaneous    Papers   relating  to  the  Old  French  War 
1755  to  1761,  one  volume,  folio. 

Admiralty  Papers,  1726  to  1750,  two  volumes, folio. 

Military  Returns,  Revolutionary  War,  1776  to  1782,  two 
volumes. 


248  niliLIOGKAPIlY    OP" 

State  Papers. 


Military  Rolls  of  1778,  one  volume,  folio. 

Certificates  of  the  Rhode  Island  Line,  1784,  one  vol.  folio. 

Census  of  the  inhabitants  of  the  Colony  of  Rhode  Island, 
taken  in  1774  anJ  1776,  two  volumes,  folio. 

Documents  relating  to  the  destruction  of  the  British  schooner 
Gaspee,  in  Narragansett  Bay,  1772  to  1773,  one  volume. 

Petitions  with  Letters  of  Marque,  177G  to  1780,  one  volmme. 

Orders  of  the  King  in  Council,  relating  to  Rhode  Island, 
1734  to  1783,  one  volume. 

Letters  Received,  1731  to  1800.     21  volumes,  folio. 

Massachusetts  and  Connecticut  Boundary  ;  papers,  letters 
and  reports  relating  to,  1690  to  1842,  two  volumes. 

Records  of  the  Rhode  Island  and  Massachusetts  Boundary 
Commission,  1741,  one  volume. 

Papers  relating  to  the  Easterly  Boundary  of  Rhode  Island — 
case  of  Rhode  Island  vs.  Massachusetts  Bay,  two  volumes. 

Narragansett  Indians  ;  papers  and  reports  relating  to,  1755 
to  1842,  one  volume. 

Division  of  Towns,  1725  to  1842,  one  volume. 

Masonry  and  Anti-Masonry,  1833  and  1834,  one  volume. 

Constitution  of  1841-'42,  petitions,  reports,  etc.,  one  volume. 

Registered  State  Deist  ;  report  made  in  1840,  with  certi- 
ficates and  other  papers,  one  volume. 

Proceedings  and  Acts  of  the  General  Assembly,  ironi  1649  to 
1721,  four  volumes. 

Surveys  of  Turnpikes,  in  an  atlas. 

Minutes  of  the  Convention  for  the  adoption  of  the  Constitu- 
tion of  the  United  States  in  1790.  Instructions  to  the 
members  of  the  Convention,  and  the  votes  of  the  towns  on 
the  adoption  of  the  Constitution.     1  folio  volume. 


uhook    isi.ani).  -411 

State  Pai'ers. 


State  Papers.  Letters,  Reports,  etc.,  relating  to  Illiode  Isl- 
and ;  copied  from  the  originals  in  Her  Majesty's  State 
Paper  Office,  London.  From  1636  to  1769,  manuscript. 
Bound  in  10  vols.  Royal  folio. 

Tlie  State  papers  in  this  collection,  were  carefully  selected  from  the  originals 
in  the  Britisli  State  Paper  Office,  by  our  townsman,  the  Hon.  Samuel  G. 
Arnold,  during  liis  stay  in  London,  and  copies  made  tlieref'rora  for  Mr. 
John  Carter  Brown,  of  Providence,  in  whose  possession  they  remain. 
They  extend  from  103G  to  ITO'J,  and  embrace  a  vast  number  of  letters  and 
papers  of  interest,  connected  with  the  early  history  of  the  Colony.  A 
large  number  of  the  letters  are  printed  in  tlie  Rhode  Island  Colonial  Re- 
cord, having  been  kindly  loaned  to  the  Secretary  of  State  tor  this  purpose^ 

Letters  and  various  papers  in  the  Trumbull  Collec- 
tion relating  to  Rhode  Island,  from  1 660  to  1080,  manu- 
script, six  vols.  4to. 

This  collection  of  St;ite  Papers,  consisting  cliiefly  of  letters,  was  also  copied 
for  Mr.  John  Carter  Brown,  from  the  originals  in  tlie  library  of  the  Mas- 
sachusetts Historical  Society. 

State  Papers  of  Rhode  Island.     Transmitted  by  Samuel 
Eddy,  from  the  records  of  the  State,  and   printed  in   the 
Massachuseils  Historical  Collections,  2d  series,  vol.  vii.  viz : 
Deposition  of  Roger  Williams,  1682. 

Deposition  of  William  Coddingtou,  1G77. 

Form  of  Government  agreed  on  by  the  first  settlers  on  the  Island  of 

Rhode  Island,  7th  day,  1st  mo.,  i  1638. 

Laws  of  Rhode  Island,  1647. 

Letter  from  Oliver  Cromwell  to  Rhode  Island  Colony,  29  March,  1655. 

Letter  of  Commissioners  to  Captain  Dennison,  4th  July,  1677. 

Letter  from  the  General  Assembly  to  the  Commissioners  of  the  United 

Colonies,  Marcli  13,  1657-58. 

Letter  of  the  Commissioners  to  John  Clarke,  Nov.  5, 1658. 

Letter  from  tlio  Colony  of  Rhode  Island  to  Richard  Cromwell,  May,  165'J. 

Commission  to  .John  Clarke,  Oct.  18,  1660. 

Decision  of  Robert  Carr,  and  others,  Commissioners,  relative  to  Misquam- 

acock,  April  4,  166.5. 

Commission  from  Robert  Carr,  Geo.  Cartwright  and  Samuel  Maverick, 

appointing  Justices  of  the  Peace  for  King's  Province,        April  8,  1665. 
Proposition  of    ditto  to  the  General  Assembly,  May  13,  1665. 

Addresses  to  the  King  and  Earl  of  Clarendon,  respecting  Charter  Rights, 

May  3,  1665. 
The  General  Assembly  of   Rhode  Island  to  the  Governor  of  Plymouth, 

Nov.  2,  1671. 

du.  ill).  to  the  (jcncral  Assembly  of  Coimecticnt,  Oct.  25,  167t). 


250  BIBLIOGRAPHY    OF 

State  Debt  of  Rhode  Island.  History  of  the  Registered 
State  Debt  of  Rhode  Island,  in  three  chapters.  By  John 
W.  Richmond. 

12mo.  pp.  lOo.  Providence.  John  F.  Moore. 

Rhode  Island    Repudiation,  or  the    History   of  the 

Revolutionary  Debt  of  Rhode  Island,  in  three  chapters. 

8vo.  pp.  208.     2d  edition. 

Providence.  Saijlcs.,  BPdler  jf-  Simons.  185;.). 

A  Petition  in  relation  to  the  State  Debt.     Presented 

to  the  General  Assembly  at  its  May  session. 

12mo.  pp.  12.  Providence.  No  date. 

History  of  the  Alleged  State  Debt  of  Rhode  Island. 

By  Wilkins  Updike,  Esq.,  December  16,  1846. 

8vo.  pp.  12.     Double  columns.  [^Providence.']   1846 

Report  of  the  Commissioners.     [By  E.  R.  Potter,] 

appointed  at  the  January  session  of  the  General  Assembly, 
A.  D.,  1846,  "  to  enquire  into  and  report  upon  the  history 
and  character  of  the  registered  debt,"  [of  Rhode  Island,] 
etc. 

12mo.  pp.  15.  January.  1847. 

Personal.     By  John  W.  Richmond. 

12mo.  pp.  12.  Providence.  Dec.  b.  1849. 

"  This  article  is  intended  solely  as  an  exposition  of  the  personal  imputations 
which  have  passed  during  the  last  six  years,  arising  out  of  claim;;  of  indi- 
viduals against  the  State." — Extract  from  the  work. 

Report  of  George  Turner,  Amherst  Everett  and  J. 

Russell  Bullock,  a  Committee  on  the  Registered  State  Debt 
of  Rhode  Island,  appointed  by  the  Governor,  Lieutenant 
Governor,  and  Secretary  of  State ;  Reported  at  the  Octo- 
ber session,  1849. 

12mo.  pp.  75.  Providence.  John  F.  Moore.  [1849.] 

Appendix  to  the  Report  on  State  Certificates  of  the 

Registered  State  Debt,  made  October,  1849.  By  order  of 
the  General  Assembly. 

8vo.  pp.  126.  Providence.  Saifles  J-  Miller.  1852. 

ThisappendLx  consists  of  sixty  papers. 


UlIODK    ISLAM).  251 

Staii;  I)i;in'  of  Uiiodk  Island. 


—     Tlie  I'lougli  and  tlie  Sickle  :  or  Rliode  Island  in  tlic 

War  of  the  Revolution  of  177G. 
8vo.  pp.  :2S.  Double  columns.  Providence.  B.  T.  Albro.  1840. 
Rclatc-s  to  tlie  St.ate  Debt. 

Rhode    Island   Repudiation  of  her    Registered  State 

Debt.     "  B)^  John  W.  Richmond,  Agent  for  Creditors." 

12mo.  pp.  1(5.  {No  date.  1853.] 

State  Prison.  Annual  Reports  of  the  Board  of  Inspec;;ors, 
Warden  and  I'hysician  of  the  State  Prison  of  Rhode  Isl- 
and, made  to  the  General  Assembly  at  their  October  Ses- 
sion, 1844. 

8vo.  pp.  38  Providence.  Knowles  .f-  Vose.  1844. 

The  same.     Annual  Reports  to  1863. 

Previous  to  tlie  year  18^4,  tlie  annual  reports  were  brief  and  incoporated  in 
the  schedules  of  the  General  Assembly.  Since  that  time  they  have  been 
enlarged,  and  printed  in  separate  pamphlets. 

Stillman,  Samuel,  M.  A.  Death,  The  Last  Enemy,  De- 
stroyed by  Christ.  A  Sermon,  preached  March  27,1776, 
before  the  Honorable  Continental  Congress ;  on  the  death 
of  the  Honorable  Samuel  Ward,  Esq.,  one  of  the  delegates 
from  the  Colony  of  Rhode  Island,  who  died  of  the  small- 
pox, in  this  city,  (Philadelphia,)  IMarch  26,  Aet,  52.  Pub- 
lished at  the  desire  of  many  who  heard  it. 

8vo.  pp.  iv.  and  28.      Philadelphia.  Joseph  Crukshank.  1776. 

Stillmax,  Samuel,  D.  D.  A  Sermon,  preached  May  31, 
1791,  in  Providence,  R.  I.,  on  the  death  of  Nicholas  Brown, 
Esq.,  who  died  ]\Iay  29th,  Aetat  62. 

Svo.  pp.  24  and  iv.  Providence.  J.  Carter.  [1791.] 

Stetson,  Mr.,  of  New  York.  Speech  on  the  Rhode  Island 
Controversy,  1844.     (See  Constitution.') 

Stone,  John  S.     Life  of  Bishop  Griswold.     See  Gnswold. 

Stone,  T.  B.  P.     Biography  of  Mrs.  Rebecca  Gain  Webster. 
12mo.  pp.  412.  Boston.   Crocker  cj-  Brewster.  1848. 

SroNE,  EiiwiN  ^I.     The  Life  and  Recollections  of  John  How- 


252  IITBI.IOGRAPHY    OF 

liind,  late  President  of  tlie  Rhode  Island  Historical  Society. 
By  Edwin  M.  Stone. 
12mo.  pp.  348.  Providence.   George  H.  Whitney.  1857. 

Annual  Reports  of  the  3Iinistri/  at  Large,  which,  see. 

Stone,  Edwin  \V.     Rhode  Island  in  the  Rebellion. 

12ino.  pp.  398.  Providence.   George  U.  Whitney.  1864. 

Fifty  copies  of  this  woA  were  printed  in  8\'o.  on  lunje  paper. 

Stowe,  Mrs.  Hareiet  Beecher.     The  Minister's  Wooing. 
12mo.  pp.  578.  New  York.  Derby  J-  Jackson.  18 — 

The  scene  of  this  novel  is  laid  in  Newport,  .and  portrays  the  manners  of  the 
people  in  the  middle  of  the  last  century. 

Stiles,  Ezra.,  D.  D.  Pastor  of  the  2d  Congregational  Church, 
in  Newport.  A  discourse  on  Sacred  Worship,  delivered  at 
the  instalment  of  the  Rev.  Samuel  Hopkins,  A.  M.,  into 
the  pastoral  charge  of  the  First  Congregational  Church,  in 
Newport,  R.  I.,  Wednesday,  April  11, 1770. 

8vo.  pp.  48.  Newport.  Printed  and  sold  by  Solomon 

Southwick,  in  Queen  street.  1779. 

Discourse  on  the    Christian    Union,  delivered  before 

the  Convention  of  Congregational  Ministers  of  Rhode  Isl- 
and, at  Bristol,  April  28,  1760. 

8vo.  pp.  Boston.  1191. 

This  sermon,  with  the  appendix,  contains  vahiahle  historical  and  statistical  in- 
formation respecting  the  churches  of  New  England. 

A  History  of  the  Judges  of  King  Charles  I.     Major 

General  Whalley,  Major  General  Goffie,  and  Colonel  Dix- 
well,  who,  at  the  restoration,  1660,  fled  to  America,  and 
vk'ere  secreted  and  concealed  in  Massachusetts  and  Connec- 
ticut for  near  thirty  years.  With  an  account  of  Mr.  The- 
ophilus  Whale,  of  Narragansett,  supposed  to  have  been  one 
of  the  Judges. 

12mo.pp.  357.     Portrait  of  the  author. 

Hartford.  Ulisha  Bahcock.  1794. 

Address    to    the  public,  [concerning    the  sending  of 

Black  Freemeil    to   the  coast    of  Africa,]    signed    liy  Ezra 

Stiles  and  Samuel  Hopkins. 
8vo.  pp.  8.  Newport.  April  10.  177G. 


RHODE   ISI.AXn.  253 

This  rare  pamplik't  liiis  nn  title  page.  Tlie  little  alxive  {jiven  in  brackets,  is 
in  the  haiuhvritiiif;  of  William  Eller}-. 

Dr.  Stiles  was  born  in  North  Haven,  Connecticut,  in  1727.  In  I'iCi,  lie  gra- 
duated at  Yale  College,  and  was  tutor  there  durinjj  si.\  years.  On  the 
18th  October,  1755,  lie  was  ordained  minister  over  the  Second  Congrega- 
tional Churcli,  in  Newport,  where  he  remained  until  his  people  were  dis- 
persed by  the  Revolutionary  war,  in  1770.  He  then  preached  at  Ports- 
mouth, K.  I.  In  1777,  he  was  chosen  President  of  Yale  College,  which 
station  he  held  until  his  death  in  May,  17'Ju.  Dr.  Stiles  was  one  of  the 
most  learned  men  of  his  time.  He  possessed  a  critical  knowledge  of  He- 
brew, Greek  and  Latin,  and  was  uioie  or  less  familiar  with  the  Samaritan, 
Clialdcp,  Syriac,  Arabic,  Persian  and  Coptic  lany;uages.  He  was  well 
versed  in  mathematics,  and,  as  a  theologian,  ranked  second  to  none  in 
the  country. 

TfiE  S\VAN  Point  Cemktkry  ;  its  Cliartoi-,  Rules  and  Regu- 
lations, List  of  lot  owners,  and  fifst  annual  report  of  the 
Actuary. 

12mo.  pp.  36.  Providence.  Joseph  Knoioles.  1848. 

A  Report  of  the  committee  on  the    present   position 

of  Swan  Point  Cemateiy,  made  at  an  adjourned  meeting  of 
lot  owners,  held  in  Westminster  Hall,  March  30,  1857. 

8vo.  pp.  8.  Providence.  Knowles,  Anthony  ^  Co.  1857. 

Supreme  Court.     Report  of  cases,  argued  and  determined  in 

the  Supreme  Court  of  Rhode  Island. 
G  vols.  Svo.  Boston  and  Providence.  1847  to  1862. 

Vol.  1.  pp.  531.     By  Joseph  K.  Angell.  Boston.  Little  i^-'Brmon.  1817. 

Vol.  2.  pp.  570.     By  Thomas  Durfce. 

Provkhiiice.  Kiioirles,  Anthony  t^  Co.  1854. 
Vol.  3.  pp.  311.     By  John  P.  Knowles.  do.  do.  do.  185G. 

Vol.  i.  pp.  G51.    By  Samuel  Ames,  Chief  Justice. 

Boston.  Little,  Drown  <J-  Co.  1858. 
Vol.  5.  pp.  G71.     By  Samuel  Ames,        do.  do.  do.  do.  1859. 

Vol.  0.  pp.  036.    By  Samuel  Ames,        do.  do.  do.  do.  1862. 

Vol.  7.  pp. By  Samuel  Ames,  Chief  Justice. 

Providence.  Knoioles,  Anthoni/  <(■  Co.  1864. 
The  7th  volume  of  these  Reports  is  in  the  hands  of  the  printers,  while  the 
present  work  is  going  through  the  press.     . 

Stonington  Railroad.  Some  remarks  sliewing  the  advan- 
tages of  the  proposed  Railroad  from  Providence  to  Stoning- 
ton.     With  a  map. 

8vo.  pp.  G.  JVo  date. 

Re])ort  on  the  surveys  for  a  railroad  from  Stonington, 


254  BIBI-IOGRAPHY    OF 

Connecticut,   to   Providence,    R.  I.,  witli   an  approximate 
estimate  of  its  cost,  March,  1832. 
8vo.  pp.  14.  March.  1833. 

An  Act  to   Incorporate  the  New  York,  Providence 


and  Boston  Raih'oad  Company,    passed   at    June  session, 
1832.     (Charter  of  Rhode  Island.) 
8vo.  pp.  10.  Providence.  B.  Cranston  jf-  Co.  1832. 

An  Act  to  Incorporate  the  New  York  and  Stoning- 

ton  Raih'oad  Company,  passed,  May,  1832.     (Charter  of 
Connecticut.) 

8vo.  pp.  9.  ^New  York.  1832.) 

Report  of  the  Directors  of  the  New  Y'ork,  Provi- 
dence and  Boston  Raih-oad  Company,  to  the  Stockholders, 
at  their  annual  meeting.  Providence,  Sept.  24,  1844. 

8vo.  pp.  8.  New  York.  Francis  Hart.  1844. 

Remarks  of  Mr.  R.  G.  Hazard,     *     *     *      relative 


to  the  cliai'ges  for  carrying  freight  over  the  Stonington 
Railroad,  1851.     (See  Hazard.^ 

Story,  Mr.  Justice.  Charge  on  the  Law  of  Treason,  deliv- 
ered to  the  Grand  Juiy  of  the  Circuit  Court  of  the  U.  S., 
at  Newport,  R.  I.,  June  15, 1842. 

8vo.  pp. 43.  Providence.  H.  H.  Broun.  1842. 

[Sumner,  Charles.]  The  Outrage  in  the  Senate  upon. 
Proceedings  of  a  Public  Meeting  of  the  citizens  of  Provi- 
dence, held  in  Howard  Hall,  on  the  evening  of  June  7th, 
1856. 

8vo.  pp.  12.  Providence.  Knoides,  Antlwmj  ^'  Co.  1856. 

Tlie  object  of  this  meeting  was  to  consider  the  assault  upon  the  Hon.  Cliarlcs 
Sumner,  in  the  Senate  Chamber  at  Wasliington,  by  Brooks.  Alexander 
Duncan  presided  on  the  occasion,  and  speeches  were  made  by  Professor 
Gammell,  the  Hon.  Charles  S.  Bradley,  Rev.  Dr.  Uedge,  and  tl;e  Rev.  Dr. 
Wayland. 


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te 


'AYLOR,  MRS.  JEANiXETTE  II.  Startling 
[ncidents  in  the  life  of  a  lady  !  The  eventful  auto- 
liiography  of  Mrs.  Jeannette  H.  Taylor,  ni'e  Hop- 
pin,  [formerly  of  Providence.]  Comprising  a  thril- 
ling romance  in  real  life.  Embodying  in  its  melo- 
di'amatic  and  mysterious  devclopement  the  most  flagrant  and 
diabolical  plots  ever  concocted  by  human  fiends  and  car- 
ried out  by  persevering  villainy,  claiming  as  dramatis  per- 
sonae  in  these  scenes  of  dark  endeavors,  (to  ruin  the  domes- 
tic peace  of  a  defenceless  woman,)  tlie  sot  disant  and  pre- 
tended distingues  of  the  United  States.  Moreover,  a  very 
concise,  but  graphic  delineation  of  the  morals^  manners, 
official  delinquency  and  mysterious  modus  operandi  of  New 
York  officials. 
8vo.  pp.  24.  New  York.  1856. 

Many  Provkience  people  figure  in  tliis  scainlalous  pamplilet. 
Taylor  vs.  Place.  Report  of  the  Case  G.  &  D.  Taylor  & 
Company  vs.  R.  G.  &  J.  T.  Place.  Decided  by  the  Su- 
preme Court  of  Rhode  Island,  September  Terai,  County 
of  Providence,  1856.  Printed  by  order  of  the  House  of 
Repi'esentatives,  1858. 
8vo.  pp.  34.  Providence.  Knowles,  Anthony  jf  Co.  1858. 

Talbot,  Silas.     A  Commodore  in  the  Navy  of  the  United 

States.     By  Henry  T.  Tuckcj'man. 
ISmc.  pp.  vii.  and  1:37.  J.  C.  Biker.   New  York.  1850. 


256  liUilJdGKArilY    OF 

Tappax,  David.,  D.  D..  of  Harvard  College.  A  Funeral 
Discourse,  delivered  to  the  Congregational  Society,  in 
Providence,  R.  I.,  on  the  Lord's  Day,  after  the  interment 
of  Enos  Hitchcock,  D.  D.,  delivered  February   27,  1803. 

8vo.  pp.  24.  Camhrige  Universiti/  P7-ess.  1803. 

Temperance. 


Allen,  Rev.  Joseph  W.     Address  before  the  North  Kings- 
town Temperance  Society,  May  25, 1831. 
8vo.  pp.  16.  Wickford.  J.  J.  Brenton.  1854. 

Branch,  Stephen.     Address  before   the   Providence  Union 

Temperance  Society,  June  17,  1835. 
8vo.  pp.  18.  Providence.  H.  H.  Brown.  1835. 

Brooks,  Charles  T.  Think  Soberly.  A  Sermon  on  Tem- 
perance, delivered  in  the  Unitarian  Church,  Newport,  R. 
I.,  Sunday  evening,  February  6,  1842. 

8vo.  pp.  18.  Neivport.  James  Atkinson.  1842. 

Constitution  of  the  Providence  County  Temperance  Society, 
together  veith  an  address  of  the  Board  of  Officers,  to  all  the 
local  societies  with  in  the  county. 

8vo.  pp.  12.  Providence.  H.  H.  Broun.  1838. 

Constitution  and  List  of  Members  of  the  Providence  Young 

Men's  Temperance  Society. 
12mo.  pp.  12.  Providence.  1833- 

Constitution  and  By-laws  of  Washington  Section  No.  2. 
Cadets  of  Temperance,  Providence,  Rhode  Island.  Insti- 
tuted, July,  1848. 

12mo.  pp.  16.  Providence.  31.  B.  Young.  1848. 

Constitution  and  By-laws  of  Franklin  Section,  No.  3.  Cadets 

of  Temperance,  Pawtucket,  R.  I.      Instituted  Aug.  1848. 

12mo.  pp.  16.  Providence.  M.  B.  Young.  1848. 

Constitution  and  By-laws  of  Channing  Division  No.  5,  of 
the  Sons  of  -Temporance  of  the  State  of  Rhode  Island. 
Instituted,  Providence,  September  13,  1847. 

12mo.  pp.  20.  Providence.  31.  B.  Young.  1848. 


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Tkmpek.vnck. 


CoNsriTUTiox  and  By-laws  of  William  Pcnn  Division,  No.  8, 
of  tlic  Sons  of  Temperance,  of  the  State  of  R.  I.  Institu- 
ted at  Pawtucket,  June  29,  1848. 

12mo.  pp.  Providence.  M.  B.  Young.   1848. 

Constitution  and  By-laws  of  the  May  Queen  Union,  No.  2, 
Dauglitors  of  Temperance,  Natick,  R.  I.  Instituted  May 
10,  1851. 

12mo.  pp.  24.  Providence.  A.  U.  Greene.  18.52. 

Constitution  and  By-laws  of  Olneyville  Division,  No.  10,  of 
the  Sons  of  Temperance,  of  the  State  of  Rhode  Island. 
Instituted  September,  1848. 

12mo.  pp.  IG.  Providence.  M.  B.  Young.  1848. 

Constitution,  By-laws  and  Rules  of  Narragansctt  Division, 
No.  -3,  of  the  Sons  of  Temperance,  of  Warren,  R.  I.  In- 
stituted December  14,  184G. 

12mo.  pp.  24.  Providence.  I.  Amsburg,  Jr.  1850. 

Constitution  and  By-laws  of  Providence  Division,  No.  2,  of 
the  Sons  of  Temperance,  of  Providence,  State  of  Rhode 
Island.     Instituted  July  31,  184G. 

12mo.  pp.  IG.  Providence.  Amslury  ^'  Lincoln.  1847. 

Dow,  Daniel,  of  Thompson,  Conn.  A  Discourse  delivered 
in  Chepachet,  R.  I.,  December  5,  1830.  Before  the  Glo- 
cester  Temperance  Association. 

12mo.  pp.  24.  Providence.  H.  M.  Brown.  1831. 

Drury,  Lukk.     Address    before  the   Bristol  Association  for 

the  promotion  of  Temperance,  March,  23,  1832. 
8vo.  ])p.  28.  Providence.   Weedeti  cj- Knoivles.  1832. 

ExTR.vcis  from  the  proceedings  and  reports  of  the  R.  I.  State 
Total  Abstinence  Society  from  its  organization,  January, 
1841  to  January,  1846  ;  with  the  constitution  of  the  Soci- 
ety, and  the  Licence  Law  of  1846. 

12mo.  pp.  30.  Providence,  B.  T.  Albro.  1846. 

Foi.soM,  Ri'.v.  N ATiiANiia.  S.  Discourse  before  the  R.  I.  State 


2o8  muLioGUAniY  of 

TEMPIiRANCE. 


Temperance  Society,  delivered  in  Providence,  January  11, 
1839. 
12mo.  pp.  35.  Providence.  Knoivles,  Vose  ij-  Co.  1839. 

Gardner,  Malhone.    Address  on  Temperance,  South  Kings- 
town, June,  1853. 
8vo.  pp.  20.  Providence.  Knoivles  ^  Anthony.  1856. 

Hazard,  Rowland  G.     Address  before  the  Pawcatuck  Tem- 
perance Society  at  Westerly,  July  4,  1843. 
12mo.  pp.  30.  Providence.  B.  F.  3Ioore.  1843. 

History  of  Temperance  and. Temperance  Societies  in  Rhode 

Island,  in  a  series  of  articles  published  in  the   Providence 

Daily  Post,  1861. 
Lawrence,  Wm.  B.     Si)eecli  of  Lieut.  Gov.  Lawrence  in  the 

Senate  of  Rhode  Island,  Feb.  10,  1852,  on  the  Maine  Law 

Bill. 
8vo.  pp.  16.  Providence.  1852. 

Licenses.     License  Law  passed,  January  session,  1844. 

8vo.  pp.  8.  January.  1844. 

Considerations  on    the   present  state  of  the  License 

Question. 

8vo.  pp.  8.  [^Providence.  1844.] 

Acts  in  relation  to  Licenses,  for  retailine;  Stron";  Li- 


quors,  [1844  to  1848.] 
8vo.  pp.  14.  Providence.  1848.] 

An  Act  for  the  suppression  of  Drinking  Houses  and 

Tipjiling  Shops,  passed  at  the  May  session,  1852. 

8vo.  pp.  16.  Providence.  Saylcs  .j-  Miller.  1852. 

An  Act  for  the  more  eflPectual  suppression  of  Drink- 
ing Houses  and  Tippling  Shops,  passed  at  the  January 
session,  1853. 

8vo.  pp.  12.  Providence.  A.  H.  Stillicell.  1853. 

Parsons.  Usher.  An  Address  delivered  before  the  Provi- 
dence Association  for  the  promotion  of  Temperance,  INIay 
27,  1831. 

8vo.  pp.  16.  Prowrfence.  1831. 


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Temperance. 


Petersox,  Rev.  Edward.     Tlic  Bible  Temperance  Review. 
8vo.  pp.  76.  Providence.  Printed  for  the  j^ublisher.  18-liS. 

Pickerixg,  David.  The  Evils  of  Intemperance.  A  Dis- 
course delivered  on  Sabbath  evening,  January  14,  1827,  at 
the  Universalist  Church. 

8vo.  pp.  22.  Providence.  3Iiller  .j'  Grattan.  1827. 

The  same.     Second  edition. 

12mo.  pp.  22.  Taunton.  S.  W.  Mortimer.  1827. 

PiT^rAX,  Hon.  John.     An  Address  delivered  before  the  Provi- 
dence Union  Temperance  Society,  February  24,  1835. 
12mo.  pp.  24.  Providence.  Knowles  J'  Burrout/hs.  1835. 

Proceedings  of  the  Rhode  Island  State  Temperance  Society 
at  its  Second  Annual  Meeting,  held  in  the  city  of  Provi- 
dence, Monday,  October  22,  1832. 

12mo.  pp.  24.  Providence.   Win.  Marshall  (j"  Co.  1832. 

Proceedings  of  the  Rhode  Island  State  Total  Abstinence  Soci- 
ety, at  their  annual  meeting  in  Providence,  Juniiary  25, 
1854,  -with  the  report  of  the  corresponding  Secretary,  and 
the  speech  of  J.  P.  Knowles,  Esq. 

8vo.  pp.  23.  Providence.  Albert  Crawford  Greene.  1854. 

Providence  Washington  Total   Abstinence   Society. — 

First  Quarterly  Report  of,  made  October  8,  1841. 
12mo.  pp.  12.  Providence.  S.  M.  3Iillard  J-  Co.  1841. 

Report  of  a  committee  of  a  meeting  of  the  citizens  of  Provi- 
dence, friendly  to  the  promotion  of  Temperance,  1828. 
12mo.  pp.  16.  Providence.  F.  Y.  Carlile  ^  Co.  1828. 

Report    (Quarterly)  of  the   committee   of   the  Providence 

Association  for  the  promotion  of  Temperance,  July,  1830. 

8vo.  pp.  22  and  vii.     Providence.  HiUchins  ^-  Weedcn.  1830. 

Report  of  the  Managers  of  the  Providence  Association  for 
the  promotion  of  Temperance,  presented  and  read  at  their 
quarterly  meeting,  Jan.  27,  1834. 

12mo.pp.  14.  ^     Providence.  W.  Mar><hall  ,^  Co.  1834. 


260  lilBI.IOfiH.VI'HY    OF 

Tempera  xcE. 


Report.  The  Seventh  Annual  Report  of  the  Rhode  Island 
State  Temperance  Society,  January  11,  1838,  together 
witli  the  correspondence  of  the  local  societies. 

8vo.  pp.  20.  Providence.  H.  H.  Broicn.  1838. 

Report.     First  Quarterly   Report  of  the  Providence    Wash- 
ington Total  Abstinence  Society,  made  Oct.  8, 1841. 
12mo.^pp.  12.  Providence.  S.  M.  3Iillard  <|-  Co.  1841. 

Report  of  the  Rhode  Island  State  Temperance  Society  for 

1843. 
12mo.  pp.  24.  Providence.   B.  T.  Alhro.  1844. 

Sherman,    Sylvester   G.      Address   before    North    Kings- 
town Temperance  Society,  Nov.  4,  1832. 
8vo.  pp.  16.  Providence.    Wm.  Simons,  Jr.  1832. 

Slack,  Dr.  D.  B.    Lecture  on  Drunkenness,  delivered  before 

the  Temperance  Society  in  Providence,  Feb.,  1827. 
12mo.  pp.  22.  Providence.  B.  T.  Albro.  1838. 

Tenney,  Caleb  J.  The  Intemperate  use  of  Ardent  Spirits. 
Two  discourses,  preached  at  the  First  Conoresational 
Church  in  Newport,  R.  I.,  July  24,  1814.     By  its  Pastor. 

8vo.  pp.  23.  Newport.  Mercury  Office.  1815. 

Way'land,  Francls,  D.  D.  An  Address  delivered  before  the 
Providence  Association  for  the  promotion  of  Temperance, 
October  20,  1831;  also  the  first  report  of  the  State  Tem- 
pei'ance  Society. 

8vo.  pp.  20  and  iv.        Providence.   Weeden  i^~  Knowles.  1831. 

Wells,    Thomas    R.     Address    on    Temperance   before   the 

South  Kingstown  Temperance  Society. 
12mo.  pp.  10."  Newport.  1830. 

Tenney,  Rev.  Calej)  J.,  of  Newport.  Sermon  at  the  ordi- 
nation of.     See  Asa  Burton. 

Thornton,  Elder  Abei,.,  late  of  Johnston,  W.  I.  Tiie  Life 
of.     A  Preacher  in  the  Free-Wili  Baptist  Connexion,  and 


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a  member  of  the  R.  I.  Q.  Meeting.     Wrttten  by  himself. 
Publislied  by  the  R.  I.  Quarterly  Meeting. 
12mo.  pp.  Providence.    Office  of  the  InveisU<jator.  1828. 

Tii.LixGHAST,  Joseph  L.  An  Oration  pronounced  at  the  First 
Congregational  Meeting  House,  in  Providence,  before  the 
Greene  Association,  on  their  anniversary,  August  7, 1813. 
Being  the  birth-day  of  their  Patron,  General  Nathanael 
Greene. 

8vo.  pp.  31.  Providence.  H.  Mann  ,^  Co.  1813. 

ToHEY,  Rkv.  Zalmon.     For  Funeral  Discourse  on,  sec  Henrii 

Jackson. 

Triyett  vs.  Weedex,  Case  of,  see   Varnam. 

Trial  of  Col.  David  Pinneger,  Lieut.  Col.  Wm.  P.  Maxwell, 
Maj.  Nathan  Whiting,  and  Captain  Allen  Tillingliast,  of  the 
Kentish  Guards,  before  a  General  Court  Martial,  hoklenat 
the  Court  House,  in  Provitlence,  April  27,  1808,  for  a  dis- 
obedience of  orders  and  a  neglect  of  duty. 

12mo.  pp.  4G.  Warren.  N.  j|'  J.  F.  Phillips.  1808. 

Trinity  Church,  Newport,  Rhode  Island.  The  Charter  of, 
with  the  Constitution  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church 
in  the  State  of  Rhode  Island. 

8vo.  pp.  8.  Neivport.    Wm.  jf-  /.  H.  Bather.  1823. 

First  Annual    Report  of  the  Board  of  Manao-ers  of 

the  Society  of  Trinity  Church,  Newport,  for  the  promotion 
of  Christianity. 

8vo.  pp.  11.  Boston.  James  B.  Dotv.  1842. 

Appeal  to  the  Public  from.     See  Bours. 

Truman,  Thojias,  M.  D.     An  Oration  delivered  in   Public, 

at  the  State  House,  in  Providence,  (^Bhode  Island,')  before 
the  most  Ancient  and  Honorable  Fraternity  of  Free  and 
Accepted  Masons,  on  the  Anniversary  B^estival  of  St.  John 
the  Evangelist,  December  27,  1781.  Published  at  the  re- 
quest of  the  Brethren.  Let  Brotherly  Love  continue : 
Heb.  xiii.  1. 
Small  quarto,  jip.  14.  Providence,  -lohti  <  'artcr.  1782. 


^I'li  ISlBLlUGKArHY    OF 

Tucker,  Mark,  D.  D.  Thanksgiving  Discourse,  July  21, 
1842.     (See  Const ilution.') 

The  Centennial  Sermon  preached  before  the  Benefi- 
cent Congregational  Church  and  Society,  in  Providence, 
R.  I.,  March  19,  1813,  together  Mith  the  Articles  of 
Faith,  Covenant,  etc.,  and  a  list  of  members  of  said  Church. 

12mo.  pp.  84.  Providence.  Knoivles  <|-  Vose.  1845. 

TucKERMAX,  Hexry  T.  The  Life  of  Silas  Talbot,  a  Com- 
modore in  the  Navy  of  the  United  States. 

18mo.  pp.  vii.  and  137.  New  York.  J.  Hiker.  1850. 

Turner,  Henry  E.  An  Oration  delivered  at  East  Green- 
wich, July  4,  1800,  at  the  request  of  the  Kentish  Guards. 
By  Dr.  Henry  E.  Turner.  Published  by  the  author's 
friends. 

12mo.  pp,  12.  Providence.  J.  Carter.   [1 809.] 

Turner,  George.  An  Official  Report  by  William  Sprague, 
Junior,  one  of  tho  committee  of  the  House  of  Representa- 
tives of  Rhode  Island,  upon  the  subject  of  Masonry. 

8vo.  pp.  23.  Providence.  Daily  Advertiser  Office.  1832. 

Written  by  Geo.  Turner,  of  Newport,  and  preseiiteJ  by  Governor  Sprague  as 
a  minority  report. 

TuSTiN,  Rev.  Josiah  P.  A  Discourse  delivered  at  the  dedi- 
cation of  the  new  church  edifice  of  the  Baptist  Church  and 
Society,  in  Warren,  R.  I.,  May  8,  1845. 

18mo.  pp.  viii,  and  146.         Providence.  U.  H.  Brown.  1845, 

An  appendix  extends  from  p.  125  to  p.  193,  and  contains  notes  A  to  K. 
Among  tliese  are  Biograpliical  notices  of  Captain  T.  Willutt,  Kev.  Cliarles 
Thompson  and  tlic  Rev.  John  Pitman. 


a-.Si^^i'^A.. 


IWK^  ^'^^I^^'^'  WILKINS.  History  of  the  Enisco- 
'ly^^L  P'"  <^'l'"''fli  in  Xarragaiisett,  Khode  Island,  includ- 
"V^^^  inr;  a  histoiy  of  other  Episcopal  Cliurclies  in  the 
N.  V^^^'^  State  ;  with  an  appendix,  containing  a  reprint  of  a 
V>v|*^^^    work  now  extremely  rare,  entitled  "  America  Dis- 


;>--'^r^^   sected."     By    the    Rev.  J.    ]MacSparran,    D.   D. 
With    notes    containing    Genealogical    and    Biographical 
accounts  of  Distinguished  Men,  Families,  etc. 
8vo.  pp.  xxiii.  and  533. 

New  York.  Henry  M.  Onderdonk.  1847. 

]\Iemoirs  of  the  Rhode  Island  Bar. 

8vo.  pp.  xii.  and  311.  Boston.   Thomas  H.  Webb  <f-  Co.  18*2. 

This  volume  contains  memoirs  of  Henry  Bull,  James  Honeyman,  Daniel  Up- 
dike, Augustus  Johnson,  Oliver  Arnold,  Henry  Marchant,  William  Chan- 
ning,  Ilcury  Goodwin,  Rouse  J.  Helme,  John  Cole,  Archibald  Campbell, 
Jacob  Campbell,  James  M.  Varnum,  Mathew  Robinson  and  Robert  Liglit- 

foot. 

History  of  the  iiileged  State  Debt  of  Rhode   Island. 

8vo.  pp.  12.  Providence.  December.  1846. 

Facts  relative  to  tlie  political  and  moral  claims  of,  for 

the  support  of  the  Whig  electors,  etc.,  in  the  Western  Dis- 
trict. 

8vo.  pp.  ]  1).  Providence  1847. 

See  "  An  Address  to  the  People  of  R.  I.,  upon  the 

claims  of,"  for  ditto. 

UxDERHiiJ.,  Captaix   Johx.     Newcs  froiS    America;  or,    a 


2()4  liiiii.iociRAriiv  OF 

now  and  experimental  discoverie  of  New  England  ;  con- 
taining a  Trve  Relation  of  their  warlike  proceedings  tliesc 
two  yeares  last  past,  with  a  figure  of  the  Indian  Fort,  or 
Palizado.  Also  a  discoverie  of  these  places,  that  as  yet  have 
very  few  or  no  inhabitants,  which  would  yeeld  speciall 
accommodation  to  such  as  will  plant  there,  viz:  Qeenapoick, 
Aguwom,  Hudson's  river,  Long  Island,  Nahanticut,  Mar- 
tin's Vineyard,  Pcquct,  Narragansett  Bay,  Elizabeth  Isl- 
and, Puscataway,  Casko,  with  about  a  hundred  islands  neere 
to  Casko.  By  Captain  John  Uuderhill,  a  Commander  in 
the  Warres  there. 

4to  pp.  London  Printed  for  J.  D..fur  Peter  Cole,  and  are 
to  be  sold  at  the  signe  of  the  Grlove  in  Cornhill,  neere 
the  Royal  Exchange.  1638. 

The  same. 

3Iassaehusetts  Hist.  Soc.  ?>d  series,  Vol.  \i. 

Captain  Underbill  was  one  of  the  tirst   planters  of  JIassaclnisetts,  and  one  of 
the  tliree  first  deputies  from  Boston  to  the  General  Court. 

United  Brethuen,  Newport.     Ode  in  commemoration  of  the 
first  settlement  of  a  Congregation  of  the  United  Brethren 
at  Newport,  Rhode   Island,  November  10,   1758,  for  the. 
Jubilee  in  1808.     The  Chapel  was  dedicated,  June  26th, 
1768. 

8vo.  pp.  10.  Mivport.  1808. 

Usher,  Rev.  John,  of  Bristol.     Sermon  at  the  ordination  of. 
See  Wm.  Smith. 


^3  tr-;J5.i  iiT^S^^ '  — N-.=«  ''•■■ 


S^i^^X^: 


o.^.A^'U-c. 


^^mm^^ ■"      ^^'     '^'^°   ^^^°  °^    Trevett 

T'^y^^^^'  against  Weeden  ;  On  information  and    complaint, 

^'i>  <£^A  for  refusing  Paper  Bills  in  payment  for  Butcher's 
l^^s^  meat  in  Market,  at  par  with  specie.  Tried  before 
^yj^i^j/  the  Honorable  Superior  Court,  in  the  County  of 
Newport,  September  Term,  1786.  Also,  The  Case  of  the 
Judges  of  said  Court,  before  the  Honorable  General  Assem- 
Ijly  at  Providence,  October  Session,  1786,  on  citation,  for 
dismissing  said  complaint.  Wherein  the  Rights  of  the  Peo- 
ple to  Trial  by  Jury,  etc.,  are  stated  and  maintained,  and 
the  Legislative,  Judiciary  and  Executive  Powers  of  Gov- 
ernment examined  and  defined.  By  James  M.  Varnum, 
Esq.,  Major  General  of  the  State  of  Rhode  Island,  etc.. 
Counsellor  at  Law,  and  member  of  Congress  for  said  State. 

4to.  pp.  iv.  and  60.  Providence.  John  Carter.  1787. 

Discourse  on  the  death  of,  see  Drotvne. 

Van,,  Rev.  Thomas  H.     Catalogue  of  the  Pawcatuck  Libra- 
ry, with  forms  of  regulations,  hints  on  reading,  etc. 
8vo.  pp.  120.  1848. 

Prepared  at  the  request  of  Mr.  H.  BarnarJ,  iutcndeJ  as  a  model  catalogue 


and  tlie  evident  result  of  labor  and  research. 
Vinton,  Rev.  Francis.     Loyalty  and  Piety. 


A  Thanksgiv- 


ing Discourse.     (See  Coiutiluthn.') 
A  Remembrance  of  Former  days  ;  being  a  farewell 


2tj(j  KIlilTOGRAPllY    OF 

discourse  to  Trinity  Cliurcli,  Newport,  11.  I.,  prcacliecl  on 
the  Fiftli  Sundrtv  after  Trinity,  July  7,  1844. 
8vo.  pp.  33.  Providence.  Samuel  C.  BJodgeit.  1844. 

Vinton,  Rev.  Francis,  D.  D.  An  Oration  on  the  Annals  of 
Rhode  Island  and  Providence  Plantations  ;  and  a  Rhyme 
of  Rhode  Island  and  the  Times,  by  William  George  Cur- 
tis, Esq.  Delivered  before  the  Sons  of  Rhode  Island  in 
New  York,  May  29,  18G3. 

8vo.  pp.  80.       New  York.  Printed  for  the  Association.  1863. 

This  oration  was  also  delivered  in  Providence  and  Newport.  It  abounds  in 
historical  facts,  and  is  copiously  illustrated  witli  notes  of  great  interest 
and  value. 

Vincent,  P.  A  True  Relation  of  the  late  Battell  fought  in 
New  England,  between  the  English  and  the  Pequet  Sal- 
vages. In  which  were  slaine  and  taken  prisoners  tiboiit 
700  of  the  Salvages,  and  those  which  escaped,  had  their 
heads  cutt  otf  by  the  Mohocks  ;  With  the  present  state  of 
things  there. 

4to.  pp.  London.  Printed  hy  Thomas  Harper,  for 

Nathaniel  Butler  andluhn  Bellamie.  1688. 

The  Saii^e. 

Massachusetts  Historieal  Collections,  2>d  series,  vol.  vi. 

A  Vindication  of  Public  Justice  and  of  Private  Character, 
against  the  attacks  of  a  "  Council  of  Ministers,"  of  the 
"  Methodist  Episcopal  Church." 

8vo.  pp.  51.  Providence  John  Miller.  182.S. 


o.iSNi*5/^.e. 


"^1 1^1^^^  ALMS  LEV,  A.AL\SA   i:.     LiCe  aii.l   Coiifes- 

r:"'f^|i»Mi*p/  sion  of,  wlio  was  tried  and  convicted  of  the  mur- 

/l^i>  der  of  John  Burke  and  Hannali  Frank,  in  llurrill- 

viile,  (R.  I.)  Sept.  11,  1831,  and  sentenced  to  ba 

hanjred  on  Friday,  June  1,  1832.     Taken  from  his 

own  mouth  in  the  presence  of  Stephen  AVihuartli, 


Providence.  1832. 


Jailor. 
8vo.  pp.  10. 
Walker,  vs.  Martin.     Succinct  account  of  tlie  Case  Sarah 

Walker  vs.  John  Martin,  in  which  a  system  of  Spunging 

and  Fraud  is  exposed.     With  an  appendix  by  John  Martin, 

Broker. 
8vo.  pp.  30.  Printed  for  iJie  uatJwr.  1827. 

Waite,  Daniel.     An   Address  delivered  before  the  Mutual 

Humane  Working  Class  Association,  March  15,  1830. 
8vo.  pp.  8.  Providence.  Marsliall  <|-  Hammond.  1830. 

Waku,  Henrv.     A   Letter  to  the  Freemen  of  the   State  of 

Rhode  Lsland,  dated  Providence,  April  11,  178'J. 
A  broad  side  .iskiiig  tlic  votes  of  tlic  Frccnien  for  tlie  office  of  Secretary  of 

State. 
Ward,   Samuel.     Life  of,   by  William   Gammeli.     (Spark's 

American  Biography,  vol.  19.) 
Memoir  of.     By  Charles  H.  Dennison.     Printed  in 

tiic  Narragansett  News,  Westcrlv,  R.  L,  IH'in. 


-68  BlBLIOGKArilY    Ol-' 

[A  Letter  addressed  to  the  Hon.  Stephen  Hopkins, 


Esq.,  in  reply  to  his  letter  to  the  People  of  Rhode  Island, 
dated  March  31,  1757.]     Without  title  page. 
Folio,  pp.  4.  Bated  JVeirport,  Ajml  12.  1757. 

For  notice  of  the  controversy  between  Ward  and  Hopkins.     See  Hopkins. 

Sermon  on  the  death  of,  March  27, 1776.     See  Still- 

man. 

Ware,  Harriet.     Memoir  of.    First   Superintendent  of  the 

Children's  Home,  in  the  city  of  Providence. 
12mo.  pp.  V.  and  151.         Providence.    Gr.  H.  Whitney.  1850. 

Waterman,  Henry.  A  discourse  preached  in  St.  Paul's 
Church,  Pavvtucket,  before  the  50th  annual  convention  of 
the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church,  in  Rhode  Island,  June 
9,  1840. 

8vo  pp.  24.  Providence.  B.  Cranston  if-  Co.  1840. 

An    Address    delivered  in    St.    Stej)hen's    Church, 


Providence,  R.  I.,  on  Wednesday,  Sept.  1,  1853,  at  ser- 
vices   held  in   commemoration   of    the    late  Rev.  Samuel 
Penny,  Rector  of  Emanuel  Church,  Manville,  R.  I. 
8vo.  pp.  27.  Providence.  1-853. 

Waterman  Street  Baptist  Church,  Providence.  A  Brief 
History  ot ;  with  articles  of  Faith,  Church  Covenant, 
Rules  and  Regulations,  and  List  of  Members. 

12mo..pp.  34.  Providence.  Knoivles,  Anthoni/ t^' Co.  1857. 

The  Water  Project.     A  few  plain  suggestions  to  the  Tax- 
payers of  Providence.     By  an  old  inhabitant. 
12mo.  pp.  10.  Providence.  H.  U.  Brown.  1853. 

Waters  of  the  State.  Report  of  the  Special  Committee  of 
the  General  Assembly  relative  to  the  deleterious  substances 
deposited  in  the  public  waters  of  the  State.  By  Prof  Geo. 
I.  Chase. 

8vo.  pp.  8.  ,  May.  18G0. 

See.  also.  Examination  by  chemical  analysis,  &c. 

Wayland,  Francis,  D.  D.,  President  of  Brown  University. 


RHODE    ISLAND.  269 

Address  delivered  before  the  Providence  Association  for  the 
])romotion  of  Temperance,  October  20,  1831.     Also  the 
First  Report  of  the  State  Temperance  Society. 
Svo.  pp.  20  and4.        Providence.   Weeden  ^  Knoivlcs.  IS'^l. 

A  Discourse  delivered  at  the  dedication  of  j\Ianning 

Hall,  the  Chapel  and  Library  of  Brown  University,  Feb. 
4,  1835. 

8vo.  pp.  -40.  Providence.  Blarsliall  <J'  Broun.  1835 

To  this  Discourse  are  .appenJeJ  historical  notes. 

A  Discourse  delivered  at  the  opening  of  the  Provi- 
dence Atheneum,  July  11,  1838. 

8vo.  pp.  57.  Providence,  Knowles,  Vase  ^  Co.  1838. 

An  Address  before  the  Rhode  Island  Society  for  the 

Encouragement  of  Domestic   Industry,   October   G,  1841. 

8vo.  pp.  33.  Providence.  B.  Cranston  J-  Co.   [1841.] 

• The  Afflurs  of  Rhode  Island.  A  Discourse  deliver- 
ed in  the  Meeting  House  of  the  First  Baptist  Church,  in 
Providence,  May  22,  1842.     1st  and  2d  editions. 

8vo.  pp.  32.  Providence.  B.  Cranston  jf  Co.  1842. 

A  Discourse  delivered  at  the  First  Baptist  Church, 

Providence,  R.  I.,  on  the  day  of  Public  Thanksgiving, 
July  21,  1842. 

8vo.  pp.  31.  Providence.  H.  H.  Brotvn.  1842. 

A  Discourse  in  commemoration  of  the  Life  and  Char- 
acter of  the  Hon.  Nicholas  Brown,  delivered  in  the  Chapel 
of  Brown  University,  Nov.  3,  1841. 

8vo.  pp.  30.  Boston.   Gould,  Kendall  cf  Lincoln.  1841. 

The  Death  of  the  Believer.     A  Sermon  preached  in 

the  Chapel  of  Brown  University,  June  30,  1850,  the  Sab- 
bath after  the  decease  of  Mrs.  Ester  Lois  Caswell,  wife  of 
Professor  Alexis  Caswell.     (Private  printed.) 

8vo.  i)p.  29.  Providence.  Joseph  Knoivles.  1850. 

■  A  Discourse  in  Commemoration  of  the  Life  and  Ser- 
vices of  William  G.  Goddard,  L.  L.  D.  Delivered  at  the  re- 
quest of  the  Faculty,  in  the  Chapel  of  Brown  University, 
March  12,  184(). 

8vo.  lip.  31.  Providence.   B.  Cranston  .?•  Co.  184G. 


34 


270  lilBLIOGRArHY    OF 

Address  delivered  at  tlie  dedication  of  tlie  new  School 


House  in  District  No.  1,  North   Providence,  October  31 , 
18i6,  and  the  Rem;;rks  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Osgood  and  Mr. 
Bishop  on  the  same  occasion. 
8vo.  pp.  IG.        Pawtacket.    Gazette  tf-  Chronicle  Press.  1846. 

Report  to  the  Corporation  of  Brown  University,  on 

the  clianges  in  the  System   of  Collegiate  Education,  read 
March  28,  1850. 

8vo.  pp.  76.  Providence.   George  II.  Wldtnry.  1850. 

Address  before  the  R.  I.,  Society  for  the  Encourage- 
ment of  Domestic  Industry,  and  the  R.  I.,  Horticultural 
Society,  at  their  Second  Annual  Exhibition  in  Providence, 
September  12,  1851. 

8vo.  pp.  27.  Providence.  Knowles,  Anthony  jf  Co.  1852. 

The    Introductory   Discourse    delivered    before    the 

American   Institute  of  Instruction,    at   their  twenty-fifth 
annual  meeting  in  Providence,  R.  I.,  Aug.  8,  1854. 

12mo.  pp.  .35.  '      Boston.   Ticknor  jf  Fields.  1855. 

Pertains  to  Rhode  Island  History. 

A  Discourse  in  commemoration  of  the  Life  and  Char- 
acter of  Moses  Brown  Ives. 

8vo.  pp.  25.  Providence.  Knowlcs,  Anthony  jf  Co.  1857. 

A  Discourse  in  commemoration  of  the  Character  and 


Services  of  the  Rev.  James  Nathaniel  Granger,  1).  D., 
Pastor  of  the  First  Baptist  Church  in  Providence,  Sun- 
day, January  18,  1857.  Also  an  Address  delivered  at  the 
Funeral  of  Dr.  Granger,  January  8,  1857.  By  the  Rev. 
Alexis  Caswell,  D.  D. 

8vo.  pp.  48.  Providence.   George  U.  WJdtney.  1857. 

Wehster,  Daxiel.  The  Rhode  Island  Question.  Arguments 
of  Messrs.  Wliip])le  and  Webster,  in  the  Case  of  Martin 
Luther,  Plaintili'  in  error,  versus  Luther  M.  Borden  and 
others,  in  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States,  Janu- 
ary Term,  1848. 

8vo.  jip.  5(3.  Providence.   Charles  Burnett,  Jr.  1848. 

The  Rhode  Island  Question.     Argument  in  the  Su- 


RHODE    ISLAND.  271 

jji-cmc  Court  of  tlie  United  States,  in  tlic  Case  of  Martin 
Luther  vs.  Luther  M.  Borden  and  others,  Jan.  27,  1848. 

8vo.  pp.  20.  Washington.  J.  <f  G.  S.  Gideon. 

Webster,  Mrs.  Rebecca  Gair.     Biography  of.     See  Stone. 

Weights  and  Measures.  Report  of  the  Special  Committee 
[of  the  General  Assembly  of  R.  I.]  in  relation  to  Weights 
and  Measures. 

8vo.  pp.  7.  Providence.  Knowles,  Antliony  ^  Co.  1860. 

West,  Benjamin.  An  Account  of  the  Observation  of  Venus 
upon  the  Sun,  the  third  day  of  June,  1760,  at  Providence, 
in  New  Entrland.  With  some  Account  of  the  Lsc  of  those 
Observations.    "  The  Course  of  Nature  is  the  Art  of  God." 

8vo.  pp.  vi.  and  22.  Providence.  Printed  htj  John  Carter, 

at  Shakspeare' s  Head.  1769. 

Tlie  cxpence  of  tlie  instruments  to  make  these  observations  was  borne  by 
Joseph  Brown,  a  very  respectable  merchant  of  Troviilence,  "  says  Mr. 
AVeat :"  "  a  gentleman  of  a  solid,  active  genius,  strongly  turneJ  to  the 
study  of  Mechanics  and  Natural  I'hilosophy,  which  has  induced  him  to 
construct  and  furnish  himself  with  as  curious  and  complete  an  apparatus 
for  electrical  experiments  as  any  perhaps  in  America,  and  of  which  he  well 
knows  the  use." 

Whaeley  and  Goffe.  The  Regicide  Judges.  Papers  re- 
lating to.  (Mass.  Hist.  Coll.  3d  series,  vol.  vii.)  See  also, 
Stiles'  History  of  the  Regicide  Judges. 

What  A  Ploughman  said  about  the  "  Hints  to  Farmers," 

made  last  April  by  the  Men  of  "  Trade." 
8vo.  pp.  33.  Kingston.  1829. 

Wheaton,  Henry.  An  Oration  delivered  before  the  Tam- 
many Society,  or  Columbian  Order,  and  the  Republican 
Citizens  of  Providence  and  its  vicinity,  at  the  Town  House, 
on  the  Anniversary  of  American  Independence,  July  4tli, 
1810. 

8vo.  pp.  20.  Providence.  From  tlie  Phcnix  Press, 

(Jones  <f-  Wliceler  Printers.') 

Discourse  before  the    Phi  Beta    Kajipa    Society    of 

Brown  University,  September  10,  1847. 
8vo.  ]>]).  54.  Boston.  Little  J-  Brown.  1847. 


272  ISIIiLIOGRAPHY    OF 

Wheaton,  Hon.  Henry.  The  Value  of  a  Man.  A  Dis- 
course occasioned  by  tlie  deatli  of,  delivered  Sunday  eve- 
ning, Mai'cli,  19, 1848,  in  the  First  Congregational  Church, 
Providence,  R.  I.  By  the  Rev.  Edward  B.  Hall,  Pastor 
of  the  Church. 

8vo.  pp.  23.  Providence.  Charles  Burnett,  Jr.  1848. 

Notice  of  Mv.  Wheaton's  diplomatic  career,  and  of 

the  antecedents  of   his   life.     By  Wm.   Beach  Lawrence. 
(See  Introduction  to  Wheaton's  International  Law.) 

8vo.  Boston.  1855. 

Henry  Wheaton,  son  of  Seth  Wliciton,  \Yas  bom  in  Providence,  Nov.  27, 
1785,  and  graduated  at  Brown  University  in  1802.  After  being  admitted 
to  the  bar,  he  visited  Europe,  and  attended  a  Law  School  at  I'oiters,  in 
I'rance.  On  his  return  he  commenced  tlie  practice  of  law  in  I'roviJence, 
but  finding  the  field  too  limited,  he  removed  to  New  York.  Here  he  pub- 
lished "a  Digest  of  the  Law  of  Maritime  Captures  or  Prizes,"  and  "An 
Essay  on  the  means  of  maintaining  thi  Commercial  and  Naval  Interests  of 
the  XJ.  S."  In  181G,  he  became  Reporter  of  the  decisions  of  the  Supremo 
Court  of  the  U.  S.,  which  office  he  held  eleven  years,  and  publislied  12 
vols,  of  Reports.  His  other  writings  are,  a  "  History  of  the  Law  of 
Nations,  in  Europe  and  America ;"  "  History  of  the  Northmen ;"  "  His- 
tory of  Scandinavia;"  "Life  of  William  Pinckney;"  and  an  "Essay  on 
the  Progress  and  Prospects  of  Germany."  But  the  most  important  of 
Mr.  Wheaton's  writings  is  his  "Elements  of  Intcrniitional  Law,"  which 
has  passed  through  seven  editions,  the  last  two,  since  his  deatli,  weie 
edited  and  enlarged  by  Wm.  Be.ich  Lawrence.  Mr.  Wheaton  received 
the  degree  of  L.  L.  D.,  from  Brown  University,  Hamilton  College,  N.  Y. 
and  Harvard  College,  Mass.    He  died  in  Dorchester,  Mass.,  March  1 1, 181S' 

Wheaton,  Robert.  Memoir  of,  with  Selections  from  his 
Writings. 

12mo.  pp.  385.  Boston.  Ticknor,  Reed  ^  Fields.  1854. 

WiiiprLE,  John.  Report  [to  the  Rhode  Island  Legislature,] 
touching  certain  Resolutions  passed  by  the  House  of  Repre- 
sentatives of  the  U.  S.,  Dec.  12,  1838,  i-elative  to  petitions 
for  the  abolition  of  Slavery.  With  a  letter  from  the  Hon. 
Harrison  Gray  Otis,  to  John  Whipple,  dated  Boston, 
March  1,  1839. 

8vo.  pp.  30.  Boston.   Cassady  ^  Marsh.  1839. 

Speech  delivered  at  the  Whig  Meeting,  held  in  the 

Town  House,  Providence,  R.  I.,  August  28,  1837. 

8vo.  pp.  1(3.  Providence.  1837. 


RHODE    ISLAND.  273 

The  Rliodo  Island  Question  ;  Arguments  of  Messrs. 

Wliipple  and  Webster,  in  the  case  of  Martin  Luther, 
Plaintiff  in  error  vs.  Luther  j\L  Borden  and  others,  in  the 
Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States,  January  Term,  1848. 

8vo.  pp.  56.  Providence.   Charles  Btirnoit,  Jr.  1848. 

Address  to  the  People  of  Rhode  Island,  on  the  ap- 
proaching Election. 

8vo.  pp.  IG.  Providence.  Knowles  <j-  Vose.  1843. 


A  Discourse  delivered  before  the  Municipal  Authori- 
ties and  Citizens  of  Providence,  July  4,  18o8. 
Svo.  pp.  30.  Providence.  Knowles,  Vose  jf  Co.  1838. 

Whitakek,  Henry  C.     Poem  by,  at  the  Dedication  of  Lyce- 
um Hall.     Oration  by  Francis  E.  Hoppin. 
8vo.  pp.  Providence.  Knowles,  Anthony  (J-  Co.  1859. 

White,  George  S.  Memoir  of  Samuel  Slater,  [of  Rhode 
Island,]  d\o  fiither  of  American  Manufactures,  with  a  His- 
tory of  the  rise  and  progress  of  the  Cotton  Manufiicture 
in  England  and  America.     (Porti-ait  of  S.  Slater.) 

8vo.  pp.  448.  Philadelphia.  46  Carpenter  Street.  1836. 

Whitman,  Benjamin,  Jun'r.  The  Heroes  of  the  North,  or 
the  Battles  of  Lake  Erie  and  Champlain.  Two  Poems. 
With  two  engravings  of  Battles. 

Svo.  pp.  24.  Boston.  1816. 

Whitman,  Sarah  Helen.  Poem,  recited  before  the  Rhode 
Island  Historical  Society,  on  the  evening  of  January  13, 
1847 ;  previous  to  the  delivery  of  Judge  Duifee"s  Dis- 
course. 

8vo.  pp.  6.  Providence.   C.  Burnett,  Jr. 

WniTTiNGHAM.  Our  need  of  more  Faith.  A  Sermon  preach- 
ed at  St.  John's  Church,  Providence,  August  11,  1843,  at 
the  consecration  of  J.  P;  K.  Ilenshaw,  D.  D.,  as  Bishop  of 
Rhode  Island.  By  the  Rt.  Rev.  Wm.  R.  Whitingham,' 
D.  D.,  Bishop  of  Maryland. 

8vo.  pp.  32.  Prooidence.  Burnett  .f  Blod>jett.  1843. 


271  HIBLIOGRArHY    OF 

Wholesome  Severity  reconciled  with  Christian  Liberty,  or 
A  True  Resolution  of  a  present  Controversie  concerning 
Liberty  of  Conscience.  Here  you  have  the  qncstion  stated, 
the  middle  way  betwixt  Popish  Tyrannic  and  Schismatizing 
Liberty  approved,  and  also  confirmed  from  scripture,  and 
the  testimonies  of  Divines,  yea  of  whole  churches.  The 
chiefe  arguments  and  exceptions  used  in  the  Bloudy  Tenent. 
The  Compassionate  Samaritaine,  jNL  S.  to  A.  S.  &c.,  exam- 
ined. Eight  distinctions  used  for  qualifying  and  clearing  the 
whole  matter.  And,  in  conclusion,  a  Parcxmetick  to  the  five 
apologists  for  choosing  accommodation  rather  than  Tolera- 
tion.    Imprimatur.     la.  Crawford,  Decemb.  16,  1G44. 

Small  -ito.  pp.  vi.  and  40.        London.  Printed  for  Cliristopher 

Meredith,  signe  of  the  Crane,  in 
PauCs  Churehi/ard.  1G45. 

Wight,  Rev.  Henry,  of  Bristol.  Sermon  at  the  Ordination 
of,  see  Prentiss. 

Wilbur,  Johx.  A  Narrative  and  Exposition  of  the  late  pro- 
ceedings of  the  New  England  Yearly  Meeting,  with  some 
of  its  subordinate  meetings  and  their  committees,  in  relation 
to  the  doctrinal  controversy  now  existing  in  the  Society  of 
Friends,  etc.  With  an  appendix  edited  from  records  kept, 
from  time  to  time,  of  these  proceedings,  and  intersjiersed 
witli  occasional  remarks  and  observations.  Addressed  to 
the  members  of  the  said  Yearly  Meeting. 

12mo.  pp.  352.  New  York.  Piercy  J-  Read.  1845. 

Wilkinson,  Jemima.  History  of,  containing  an  authentic 
narrative  of  her  life  and  character,  and  the  rise,  progress 
and  conclusion  of  her  ministry.     By  David  Hudson. 

12mo.  pp.  208.  and  20.        Geneva,  N.  Y.  S.  P.  Hull.  1821. 

Relates  oliiefly  to  the  proceedings  of  the  Friends  in  Rhode  Island. 

Jemima  Wilkinson  was  born  in  Cumberland,  R.  I  ,  about  the  year  l7o3,  and 
was  educated  as  a  Quaker.  She  became  a  religious  fanatic,  and  claimed 
to  be  invested  with  divine  attributes.  She  professed  to  work  miracles,  and 
induced  many  to  become  her  followers.  In  1787-80,  she  and  her  followers 
removed  to,  and  founded  a  colony  in  what  is  now  Yates  County,  in  the 
State  of  New  York.  She  exacted  from  her  followers  the  most  complete 
submission  and  the  most  menial  services,  and  exerted  a  [lowerful  influence 


RHODE   ISLAND.  275 

over  tlicMii.  Slic  insislcil  on  tlic  Sliakcr  doctrine  of  ccliliacy,  and  the  ex- 
ercises of  their  roli^'ious  meetings  resembled  tliose  of  that  sect.  After 
her  death,  which  took  place  on  the  1st  of  July,  181U,at  Jerusalem,  Yates 
County,  N.  Y.,  her  followers  were  scattered  and  broken  up. 

WiLM.AMS,  Mrs.  C.\therine  R.  Biography  of  Revolutionary 
Heroes ;  containing  tlie  Life  of  Brigadier  General  Wm. 
Barton  ;  and  also,  of  Cajjtain  Stephen  Olney. 

12mo.  pp.  viii.  and  312. 

Providence.  P iihlished for  the  Author.  1839. 

Fall  River.     An  Authentic  Narrative. 

ISino.  pp.  l'J8.       Providence.  Marshall,  Brown  cj  Co.  1833. 

Tales.     National  and  Revolutionary. 

2  vols.  18ino.     Vol.  2.  pp.  209. 

Providence.   Cranston  (f-  Hammond.  1835. 

Annals  of  the  Aristocracy  ;  being  a  Series  of  Anec- 
dotes of  some  of  the  Principal  Families  of  Rhode  Island. 
Numbers  1  and  2. 

8vo.  pp.  80  and  80.  Providencec.  B.  T.  Alhro.  1845. 

Williams.  Roger.  A  Key  into  the  Language  of  America, 
or  an  Help  to  the  Language  of  the  Natives  in  that  Part 
of  America  called  New  England  ;  together  with  briefe  Ob- 
servations of  the  Customes,  Manners  and  Worships,  &c. 
of  the  aforesaid  Natives,  in  Peace  and  Warre,  "in  Life  and 
Death.  On  all  which  are  added  spirituall  Observations, 
generall  and  particular,  by  the  Authour,  of  chiefe  and 
.speciall  use  (upon  all  occasions)  to  all  the  English  inhabit- 
ing those  Parts  ;  yet  pleasant  and  profitable  to  the  View  of 
all  Men.  By  Roger  Williams,  of  Providence,  in  New 
England. 

18mo.  pp.  216.       London.  Printed  hy  Gregory  Dexter.  1643. 

The  same  work. 

Mass.  Eist.  Soe.  Coll.  \st  scries,  vols.  3  and  5. 

The  same  work. 

Pihode  Island  Hist.  Soc.  Coll  Vol.  1. 

This  is  the  earliest  printed  book  of  Roger  Williams.     In  the  Preface  he  says, 

"  I  drew  the  materialls  in  a  rude  lurapc  at  sea,  as  a  private  helpe  to  my 


276  BIBLIOGRAPHY    OF 

owno  memor_v,  that  I  might  not  by  my  present  absence  lightly  lose  whiit 
I  had  so  dearely  bought  in  some  few  ycares  hardship  and  charges  among 
the  barbarians;  yet  being  reminded  b_y  some,  what  pitie  it  were  to  bury 
those  materialls  in  my  grave  at  land  or  sea." 

The  nation  who  spoke  this  language  has  long  since  disappeared,  and 
the  only  monuments  that  remain,  besides  this  "  Key"  of  Uoger  "Williams, 
are  the  translation  of  the  Bible,  by  John  Eliot,  and  the  Indian  Grammar,  by 
the  same  indefatigable  missionary  and  student. 

Mr.    Cotton's   Letter  lately  printed,   examined  and 

answered.     By  Roger  Williams,   of  Proviilence,  in  New 
England. 
Small  4to.  pp.  47.     Dedicatory  2  pages. 

London.  Imprinted  in  the  ye  ere  1G44. 
In  his  dedicatory  address  the  author  thus  gives  his  reasons  for  publishing  this 
"Letter  :"  This  Letter  I  acknowledge  to  have  received  from  Mr.  Cotton 
(whom  for  liis  personall  excellencies  I  truly  honour  and  love.)  Yet  at 
such  a  time  of  my  distressed  wanderings  amongst  the  Barbarians,  that 
being  destitute  of  food,  of  cloths,  of  time,  I  reserved  it  (though  hardly, 
amidst  so  many  barbarous  distractions)  and  afterward  prepared  an  answer 
to  be  returned."  • 

"In  the  interim,  some  friends  being  much  grieved,  tliat  one  publikely 
acknowledged  to  be  godly  and  dearly  beloved,  should  yet  be  so  exposed  to 
the  mercy  of  an  howling  wildernesse  in  frost  and  snow,  &c.,  Mr.  Cotton 
to  take  off  the  edg  of  Censure  from  himself,  profest  both  in  speech  and 
writing,  that  he  was  no  procurer  of  my  sorrows. ' 

"Some  letters  then  passed  between  us,  in  which  I  proved  and  exprest, 
that  if  I  had  perislicd  in  tliat  sorrowfuU  Winter's  flight ;  only  the  blood  of 
Jesus  Christ  could  have  washed  him  from  the  guilt  of  mine." 

"His  finall  answer.was,  had  you  perished,  your^blood  had  beene  on  }-our 
owne  head  ;  it  was  your  sinne  to  procure  it,  and  your  sorrow  to  sufler  it." 

"Here  Iconfesse  I  stopt,  and  ever  since  supprest  mine  answer;  waiting 
if  it  might  please  the  father  of  mercies,  more  to  molifie  and  soften,  and 
render  more  humane  and  mercifuU,  the  care  and  heart  of  that  (otherwise) 
excellent  and  worthy  man." 

"  It  camiot  now,  be  justly  offensive,  that  finding  this  letter  puhlikc  (by 
whose  procurement  I  know  not)  I  also  present  to  the  same  publiko  view, 
my  formerly  intended  answer." 

The  tbllowing  is  the  title  of  the  letter  to  which  it  is  a  reply  : 
"A  Letter  of  Mr.  John  Cottons,  Teacher  of  the  Church  in  Boston,  in  New- 
England,  to  Mr.  Williams,  a  Preacher 'there ;  wherein  is  shewed,  that 
those  ought  to  he  received  into  the  Church  who  are  godly,  though  they 
doe  not  see,  nor  expressly  bewaile  all  the  pollutions  in  Church-fellowship, 
Ministry,  Worship,  Government.  Small  -Ito.  pp.  10.  rrinlcd  at  Loudon 
for  Benjamin  Allen.  1643." 
This  work  was  republished  in  London'in  184S,  by  the"IIanserd  Knollys  So- 
ciety," in  connection  with   WiUiaui's    Bloudy  Tencnt.     In   it  the  author 


RHODK    ISLAND.  277 

vi.i.licatos  llic  act  of  tlic  Afagistratcs  in  banishing  Roger  Williams  from 
Massaclmselts,  though  he  denied  that  he  had  any  agency  in  it. 


The  Bloudy    Tenent  of    Persecution,  for  cause  of 

Conscience,  discussed  in  a  Conference  betw<^ne  Trutli  and 
Peace,  wlio,  in  all  tender  Aff'ection,  present  to  the  High 
Court  of  Parliament,  (as  the  Result  of  their  Discourse") 
these,  (amongst  other  Passages)  of  the  highest  Considera- 
tion. 

Small  4to.  pp.  24  of  preliminary  matter  and  247. 

Printed  in  the  year  1G44. 

I'pon  a  close  comparison  of  the  two  copies  of  this  work  in  the  Library  of 
Brown  University,  printed  in  the  same  year,  it  is  evident  from  ditferences 
■  n  the  type  and  orthography  of  their  title  p.iges,  .as  well  as  from  the  head- 
ings of  the  ch.apters,  tluat  there  were  two  editions  of  it.  One  contains  .a 
list  of  errata  at  the  end,  which  is  corrected  in  the  other. 

This  work  owes  its  origin  to  a  very  interesting  circumstance.  In  tlie 
first  volume  of  the  publications  of  the  Hanscrd  Knolly's  Society  m.ay  be 
found  a  piece  entided,  ■'  An  Humble  Supplication  to  the  Kind's  Majesty 
as  it  was  presented,  1020."  "  This,"  says  Mr.  Underbill,  was  a  Baptist 
production."  It  was  a  well  arranged,  clear  and  concise  .argument 
.agamst  persecution,  and  for  liberty  of  conscience.  It  was  written  by 
one  imprisoned  in  Newgate  for  conscience'  sake.  So  rigid  was  his 
confinement  that  paper,  pens,  and  ink  were  denied  him.  He  had  recourse 
therefore,  to  sheets  of  paper  sent  by  a  friend  in  London,  as  stoppers  to  the 
bottle  containing  his  daily  .allowance  of  milk.  He  wrote  his  thoughts  in 
imlk,  on  the  paper  thus  jirovided,  and  retured  them  to  his  friend ^in  the 
same  w.ay.  It  is  well  known  that  writing  of  tliis  kind  becomes  legible 
by  holding  it  to  the  fire. 

From  this  treatise  were  taken  those  arguments  against  persecution 
which,  being  replied  to  by  Mr.  Cotton,  gave  rise  to  the  work  of  Mr.  Wil- 
liams, and  which  he  has  so  significantly  called,  in  reference  to  Cotton's 
views  as  opposed  to  the  mild  doctrines  of  toleration,  "  The  Bloudy  Ten- 
ent of  Persecution  Discussed."  It  was  written  while  he  was  occupied  in 
obtaining  the  Charter  for  Rhode  Island.  In  many  p.arts  it  bears  evident 
tokens  of  liiiste,  and  occasional  obscurities  show  that  he  bad  no  time  to 
amend  his  work.  Indeed,  he  tells  us  that  these  discussions  were  prepared  in 
London,  "forpublike  view,  iu  change  of roomes  .and  corners,  ye.a,  sometimes 
in  v.ariety  of  strange  houses,  sometimes  in  the  fields,  in  the  midst  of  travel  • 
whore  he  hath  been  forced  to  gather  and  scatter  his  loose  thoughts  and 
papers."  It  is  nevertheless  considered  to  be  the  best  written  of  .aU  his 
works.  The  doctrines  of  religious  freedom  are  fully  set  forth,  the  style 
is  throughout  animated,  and  the  p.age  is  adorned  with  frcquent'im.ages  of 
great  beauty.     Giuld'x  Arconid  ofthetrritinr/s  nf  Jlor/er  Tl'////,,,,,.?. 

In  1047,  .John  Cotton  published  a  reply  to  Williams'  "  Bloudy  Tenent  " 
entitled"  The  Bloudy  Tenent  w.ashcd  .and  made  white  in  the  Bloud  i.f 


273  Bnu.iocntAniY  of 

the  Lambc"  ;  for  the  full  tillo  of  whicli,  sec  Cnlton.     To  this  Afr. 'Williams 
made  a  rejoinder,  bearing  the  following  title  : 

The  Bloody  Teiicnt   yet  more  Bloody,  by  j\Ir.  Cot- 


ton's Endevoiir  to  wash  it  white  in  tlie  Blood  of  the 
Lambe  ;  of  whose  precious  Blood  spilt  in  the  Blood  of  his 
Servants,  and  of  the  Blood  of  jNlillions  spilt  in  former  and 
later  Wars  for  Conscience  Sake,  that  most  Bloody  Tenent 
of  Persecution  for  Cause  of  Conscience,  upon  a  Second 
Tryal,  is  found  now  more  apparently  and  more  notoriously 
guilty.     In  this  Rejoinder  to  Mr.  Cotton   are   principally, 

1.  The  Nature  of  Persecution, 

2.  The  Power  of  the  Civill  Sword  in  Spirituals, — examined. 

3.  The  Parliaments  Permission  of  Dissentinof  Consciences 
justified.  Also  (as  a  Testimony  to  Mr.  Clark's  Narrative) 
is  added  a  Letter  to  Mr.  Endicot,  Governor  of  the  Massa- 
setts  in  N.  E.  By  R.  Williams,  of  Providence,  in  New 
England. 

Small  Jrto.  pp.  Dedicatioii  to  the  High  Court  of  Parliament, 
18  pages.  Dcd.  to  the  General  Courts,  especially  that  of 
Massachusetts,  in  N.  England,  7  pages.  To  the  merciful 
and  compassionate  reader,  12  pages.  Table  of  contents, 
16  pages.  Text,  320.  London.  Printed  by  Giles  Calvert, 
and  are  to  he  sold  at  the  Black-Sjorcad-Eagle, 
at  the  West-End  of  Pauls.  1652. 

This  work  discusses  the  same  great  questions  as  the  preceding,  and  main- 
tains the  same  views,  with  additional  arguments.  "Both,"sa>'s  Prof. 
Giimmell,  "  arc  pervaded  with  a  mildness  quite  unusual  in  the  controver- 
sial writings  of  that  day,  and  arc  enriched  with  an  amoiait  of  learning 
that  does  credit  to  the  varied  scholarship  of  their  author. 

The  Hireling  Ministry  None  of  Christ's,  or  a   Dis- 


course  touching   the    Propagating    the    Gospel  of  Christ 

Jesus.     Humbly  presented  to  such  pious  and  honourable 

Hands,  whom  the  present  Debate  thereof  concerns.     By 

Roger  Williams,  of  Providence,  in  New  England. 

Small  4to.  pp.  viii.  and  36. 

London.  Printed  in  the  Second  Moneth.  1652. 

This  pamphlet  is  extremely  valuable,  because  it  contains  a  clearer  exposition 
of  Mr.  Williams'  views  respecting  tlie  ministry,  than  any  other  of  his 


RHODE      ISLAND.  270 

works.  It  begins  with  an  "  Epistle  Dedicatory,  to  .ill  siicli  honorable  iinil 
pious  hands,  whom  the  present  debate  touchinj;;  the  propa gatin;;  of  Christ's 
Gospel  concerns  ;  and  to  all  such  gentle  ISereans,  who,  with  inj;enious 
civility,  desire  to  search,  what's  presented  concerning  .Tesus  Christ  be  so 
or  not."  In  this  the  author  says  of  himself,  "  I  have  not  been  altogether 
a  stranger  to  the  learning  of  the  Egyptians,  and  have  trod  the  hopcfulle»t 
paths  to  worldy  preferment,  which  for  Christ's  sake  I  have  forsaken.  T 
know  what  it  is  to  study,  to  preach,  to  be  .an  elder,  to  be  applauded  ;  and 
yet  also  what  it  is  to  tug  at  the  oar,  to  dig  with  the  spade  and  plow,  and  to 
labor,  and  to  travel  d.ay  and  night  .amongst  English,  amongst  barb.arians  ! 
Why  should  I  not  be  humbly  bold  to  give  my  witness  faithfully,  to  give 
my  counsel  effectually,  and  to  persuade  with  some  truly  pious  and  consci- 
entious spirits,  rather  to  turn  to  law,  to  physick,  to  soldiery,  to  educating 
of  children,  to  digging,  (and  j-ct  not  cease  from  prophesying)  rather  than 
to  live  under  the  slavery,  yea  under  the  censure  (from  Christ  Jesus  and 
his  saints  and  others  also)  of  a  mercenary  and  hireling  ministry." 

The  purpose  of  the  work  appears  to  be,  to  oppose  a  legal  estaWishment 
of  religion  and  the  compulsory  support  of  the  clergy.  The  principal 
points  maintained  are:  1.  Neither  the  "  begetting  ministry"  of  the 
Apostles  to  the  nations,  nor  the  "  feeding  .and  nourishing  ministry"  of 
pastors  and  teachers,  according  to  the  first  institutions  of  the  Lord  Jesus 
is  now  e.xtant.  2.  There  ought  to  be  a  perfect  liberty  to  all  men  to  main- 
tain such  worship  and  ministry  as  they  please.  3.  Ministers  ought  to  be 
supported  by  voluntary  donations,  and  not  by  legal  provisions. 

Experiments  of  Si)iritual  Life  and  Health  and  their 

Preservatives,  in  which  the  weal^est  Child  of  God  may  get 
Assurance  of  his  Spiritnall  Life  and  Blessednesse,  and  the 
strongest  may  finde  proi)ortionable  Discoveries  of  his  Chris- 
tian Growth  and  the  Means  of  it.  By  Roger' Williams,  ot 
Providence,  in  New  England. 

Small  4to.  pp.  50. 

London.  Printed  in  the  Second  nwnlh.  1G52. 

The  Epistle  dedicatory  to  the  Hon.  the  T.ady  Vane  the  j'oungcr,  fills  i  pages, 
and  that  to  the  Christian  reader,  4  pages.  The  work  is  in  the  form  of  a 
letterfrom  Williams  to  his  wife  upon  her  recovery  from  a  dangerous  ill- 
ness, beginning  witli"My  dearest  love  and  companion  in  this  vale  of 
tears." 

An  exact  reprint  of  this  exceedingly  rare  work  was  made  in  Providence, 
in  18G2,  with  an  Introduction  by  the  Rev.  Francis  Wayland,  D.  D.,  at  the 
expense  of  Samuel  Kandall,  Esq.,  a  descendant  of  Roger  AVilliams. 

George    Fox  digg'd    out  of    liis   Burrowes,  or  an 

Offer  of  Disputation  on  fourteen  Proposalls,  made  this  last 
Summer,  1072,  (so  call'd)  unto  G.  Fox,  then  present  on 
I!.    Island,   in   New    England,   liv    U.   W.       As   also  how 


280  BUil-IOGRAPHY    OF 

(G.  Fox  slily  departing)  the  Disputation  ■went  on,  being 
managed  three  dayes  at  Newport  on  R.  Island,  and  one 
day  at  Providence,  between  John  Stubs,  John  Burnet, 
and  WilHam  Edmundson,  on  the  one  Part,  and  R.  W.  on 
the  other.  In  wliich  many  Quotations  of  G.  Fox  and  Ed. 
IJurrowe's  Book  in  FoHo  are  alleadged.  With  an  Appen- 
dix, of  some  Scores  of  G.  F.,  his  simple  lame  answers  to 
his  Opposites  in  that  Book  quoted  and  replyed  to.  By  R. 
AV.,  of  Providence,  in  N.  E. 
Small  4to.  pp.  327.        Boston.  Printed  by  John  Foster.  1G70. 

Mr.  Williams,  in  writing  this  book,  used  a  style  of  contemptuous  bitterness 
wliich  seems  not  to  have  been  natural  to  him.  Mr.  Fo.x  and  Mr.  Burnycat 
rcpUed  in  the  same  str.ain,  thougli  with  more  coarseness.  Their  Book  is  a 
quarto  of  four  hundred  and  eighty-nine  pages,  entitled,  "A  New  England 
Firebrand  Quenclied,"  &c.  It  would  be  well,  says  Prof.  Kuowles,  for  the 
reputation  of  all  parties,  if  both  of  these  works  could  be  forgotten.  In 
referring  to  this  controversy,  we  must  avoid  confounding  the  fanatical  ex- 
travagances of  some  of  the  adherents  of  George  Fo.x,  at  that  period,  in 
New  England,  which  were  generally  regarded  as  injurious  to  the  morals 
and  order  of  society,  with  the  principles  of  the  large  and  influential  de- 
nomination of  Friends,  so  called,  at  the  present  day.  Guild's  Writhir/s  uf 
li.  Williams. 

Roger  Williams.  Letter  to  Major  Mason,  dated  Providence, 
June  20,  1670. 

llassackusefts  Hist.  Coll.  1st  series,  Vol.  i.  p.  275. 

This  letter  gives  an  account  of  Williams'  being  driven  away  from  Massachu- 
setts, of  his  settlement  in  Providence,  and  of  subsequent  occurrences. 

The  settlement  of  the  first  churches  in  Massachusetts. 

Account  of  ministers  who  were  fixed  in  Salem,  Charles- 
town,  Dorchester  and  Boston,  Watertown  and  Roxbury. 
Controversy  with  Roger  Williams  and  Mrs.  Hutchinson. 
Synod  in  1037;  and  state  of  religion  to  the  year  16-17. 

Mass.  Mist.  Coll.  1st  series.  Vol.  ix. 

Deposition  of  1G82.     Ibid.  2d  series,  Vol.  vii. 

Letter  to  Governor  Bradstreet,  dated  May  6,  1682. 

Ibid.  2d  series,  Vol.  viii. 

Letter  to  Governor  Leverett,  dated  16tli,  8th  mo., 


1676.  Ibid.  Sd  series.  Vol.  i. 
Seven  Letters  of,  to  Governor  Hutchinson,  of  Mas- 


sachusetts, 1636  to  1638.  Ibid. 


RHODE    ISLAND.  281 

From  the  Hutchinson  Papers.  The  note  which  prceoilcs  lliem  says  :  "  The 
first  of  tliese  letters  of  Roger  Williams,  was  probably  writtun  citlier  in 
August,  1G36,  before  Endocott's  Expedition,  or  in  October  after  it;  the 
second,  20th  August,  1037  ;  tbe  tliird,  October  28,  11J37  ;  the  fourtli,  prob- 
alily  in  June,  1038  ;  the  fifth,  about  August,  1038;  the  sixtli,  about  Sep- 
tember, 1038  ;  all  addressed  to  Gov.  Wintlirop ;  the  seventh,  to  liis  eldest 
son  lias  a  full  date." 

Letters  from,  to  Governor  Winthrop,  of  Connecticut. 


(See  Wintlirop  Papers  in 

Mass.  Hist.  Coll.  Sd  series,  vol.  ix.) 

There  are  twenty-four  letters  in  this   collection,  written  between  the  years 
1645  aud  1601. 

Letters  from,  to   John   Wintlirop,  Jr.,  Governor  of 


Connecticut.  (Ibid.  vol.  x.) 

The  letters  included  here  are  from  1654  to  1660. 

Letters  from,  to  John  Winthrop  and  John  Winthrop, 

Jun'r.     diass.  Mist.  Coll.   vol.  6,  -ith  scries. 

8vo.  pp.  127.  Boston.  Printed  for  the  Society.  1863. 

The  earliest  of  these  letters  was  written  in  the  year  1030,  from  which  period 
they  extend  to  the  year  1075.     They  are  sixty-five  in  number. 

Memoir  of,  the  Founder  of  the  State  of  Rhode  Isl- 
and. By  James  D.  Knowles,  Professor  of  Pastoral  Duties 
in  the  Newton  Theological  Institution  ;  with  a  fac  simile  of 
R.  WilHams'  handwriting. 

1-mo.  pp.  -wi.  and  437.        Boston.  Lincoln,  Bdmands  ^  Co. 

Life  of,  the  earliest  Legislator  and  True   Champion 

for  full  and  ahsolute  Liberty  of  Conscience.     By  Romeo 
Elton,  D.  D.,  F.  R.  P.  S. 

12ino.  pp.  viii.  and  173.    Providence.   Cr.  H.  Whitney.  1853. 

An  Account  of  the  Writings  of  By  R.  A.  Guild. 

8vo.  pp.  11. 

This  pamplilet  contains  a  full  account  of  the  publislied  works  of  Williams, 
and  lias  been  of  much  service  to  me  in  preparing  this  bibliography. 

Life  of     By  Wm.  Gammell,  A.  M. 

l(5ino.  pp.  ix.  and  221.        Boston,  Little.  Brown  J-  Co.  1854. 

Whatcheer ;  or  Roger  Williams  in  Banishment.  See 

Durfee. 

Account  of  the  writings  of,  see  Guild. 


282  nilil.IOGRAPHY    ()!•■ 

Spirit  of   Roger  Williams.     See  Johnson. 

Koger  Williams  was  born  in  Wales  in  1599,  and  was  educated  at  Oxford.  lie 
arrived  in  America  in  1031,  and  was  settled  at  Salem,  Massiictuisetts.  In 
1G35,  on  bein|f  banislied  from  that  colony,  lie  came  to  Rhode  Island,  where 
lie  arrived  the  following  spring,  and  founded  the  Colony  of  Providence 
I'lantalions.  In  1613,  he  was  sent  to  England,  and  in  the  following  year 
returned  with  a  patent  for  the  territory  and  permission  to  form  a  govern- 
ment. In  IG.jl,  he  was  again  sent  to  England,  .is  .in  iigent  of  the  colony. 
Returning  three  years  after,  lie  was  chosen  President  of  the  government. 
He  died  in  April,  1083,  aged  84  years.  Mr.  Williams  was  tlio  great  origi- 
nator of  the  doctrine  of  Liherty  of  Conscience  in  religious  m.atters,  and 
was  a  bright  example  of  the  toleration  which  he  demanded  from  others. 
His  mind  w.as  strong  .and  well  cultivated.  His  several  works,  .all  of  which 
are  very  rare,  and  the  titles  of  which  are  above  given,  are  in  the  Library  of 
Brown  University,  and  also  in  that  of  Mr.  Jolm  Carter  Brown,  of  Provi- 
dence. 

Seethe  anonymous  work,  entitled  "Wholesome   Severity  Reconciled 
■with  Christian  Liberty,"  which  is  mentioned  on  page  '274. 

"Williams,  Tiios.  A  Sermon  on  the  Conclusion  of  the  Se- 
cond Century,  from  the  settlement  of  the  State  of  Rhode 
Island  and  Providence  Plantations.  By  Thomas  Willams, 
Pastor  of  the  Church,  Barringtou,  R.  I. 

8vo.  pp.  32.  Providence.  Knowles,  Vose  ff  Co.  1837. 

■     A  Discourse  on  the  Life  and  Death  of  Oliver  Shaw. 


12mo.  pp.  39.  Boston.   C.  P.  31oodi/.  18i>i. 

Wilson,  Jame.s.  An  Oration,  delivered  before  the  Providence 
Association  of  Mechanics  and  jNIanufacturers,  at  their  An- 
nual P^lection,  April  14, 1704.  By  James  Wilson,  Co-Pastor 
of  the  Congregational  Society  on  the  West  Side  of  the 
River. 

8vo.  pp.  27.  Providence.  Bennett  Wheeler.  1795. 

WiNSLOW,  Edward.  Hypocrisie  Unmasked  :  A  True  Rela- 
lation  of  the  Proceedings  of  the  Governour  and  Company 
of  the  3Iassachusetts  against  Samvel  Gorton  (and  his  Ac- 
complices) a  notorious  disturber  of  the  Peace  and  quiet  of 
the  severall  Governments  wherein  ho  lived ;  With  the 
grounds  and  reasons  thereof,  examined  and  allowed  by 
their  Generall  Court  holden  at  Boston  in  New  Enjhuul  in 
November  last,  1G16. 


KHODK    ISLAND.  283 

Tot^etlior  witli  n  particular  Answer  to  tlic  manifold  slanders, 
and  aboininahle  fidselioods  wliicli  arc  contained  in  a  Book 
written  by  the  said  Gorton,  and  entituled,  SinqjUcitics  de- 
fence against  Seven-headed  Policy,  ^c. 

Discovering  to  the  view  of  all  whose  eyes  are  open,  his  mani- 
fold Blasphemies  ;  As  also  the  dangerous  agreement  which 
he  and  his  Accomplices  made  with  ambitious  and  treacher- 
ous Indians,  who  at  the  same  time  were  deeply  cno-ao-ed  in 
a  desperate  Conspiracy  to  cut  off  all  the  rest  of  the  English 
in  the  other  Plantations. 

Whereunto  is  added  a  briefe  Narration  (occasioned  by  certain 
aspersions)  of  the  true  grounds  or  cause  of  the  first  Plant- 
ing of  New  England;  the   President  of  their  Churches  in 
the  Way  and   Worship   of  God  ;  their  Communion   with 
the  Reformed  Churches  ;  and  their  practice  towards  those 
that  dissent  from  them  in  matters  of  Pieligion  and  Church- 
Government.     Psal.  120.  3.     What  shall  lie  given  unto 
thee,  or  what  shall  be  done  unto  thee  thou  false  tongue? 
Vers.  4.     Sharpe   arrows  of  the   Mighty,   with  coales  of 
Junijier. 
Small  4t().  pj).  103.     London.  Printed  hy  Rich.  Cotes  for  John 
Bellamy  at  the  three  Golden  Lions  in  Corn- 
hill,  neare  the  Rojall  Exchange.         16-lG. 

The  vnluine  bcsins  witli  an  apology  for  his  book  in  a  dedication  to  tlie  "  Rt. 
Hon.  Kohert  Karl  of  Warwick,  Govenior-in-Cliief  and  Lord  High  Admiral 
of  all  those  island  and  other  plantations  of  the  English  i])  America,"  as 
follows  : 

"  Were  not  your  wisdomc  and  experience  in  the  great  and  weighty  af- 
faires of  State  so  well  known,  and  were  yee  not  so  much  accustomed  to  the 
unjust  complaints  of  clamorous  persons,  I  might  be  discouraged  to  appcare 
in  the  righteous  cause  of  the  United  Cohmies  of  New  England,  and  more 
especially  in  the  behalf  of  the  Governour  and  Company  of  the  Massachu- 
setts, to  render  a  reason  for  their  just  .and  righteous  proceedings  against 
.Samuel  Gorton  and  his  companions,  who  however,  (where  they-  are  un- 
known) they  goe  here  under  the  garb  of  peaceable  people;  yetifyour  Hon- 
ours, and  the  rest  of  the  Honourable  committee  shall  be  pleased  (when  more 
weighty  employments  sh.all  give  w.ay)  to  peruse  our  last  defence  against 
the  clamorous  complaints,  and  scandalous  Treatise,  called,  SlmpUcities  de- 
fence against  Scrcn-lieadecl  Polici/,  ^-c,  I  make  no  question  but  yee  will 
receive  full  satisfaction  in  wliat  we  have  done,  and  be  ready  to  justifie  our 
proceedings  against  them  as  godly  and  righteous." 


284  KiBi.ioGRAPiiY  or 

Following  the  dedication  wliidi  extends  to  six  pages,  is  the  "  True  Re- 
lation of  the  Proceedings  of  the  Governor  and  Company  of  the  Jlassachn- 
setts"  against  Gorton,  examined  and  allowed  by  tlicir  General  Court  hold- 
en  at  Boston  in  November,  1646. 

The  Danger  of  tolerating  Levellers  in  a  Civill  State  ; 


or  an  Historicall  Narration  of  the  dangerous,  pernicious 
practices  and  opinions,  wherewith  Samuel  Gorton  and  his 
levelling  accomplices  so  much  disturbed  and  molested  the 
scverall  Plantations  in  New  England  ;  (Parallel  to  the 
positions  and  Proceedings  of  the  present  Levellers  in  Old 
England,)  Wherein  their  severall  errors  dangerous  and 
very  destructive  to  the  peace  both  of  Church  and  State, 
their  carriage  and  reviling  language  against  Magistracy  and 
all  Civill  Power,  and  their  blasphemous  speeches  against 
the  holy  things  of  God ;  together  with  the  course  that  was 
there  taken  for  suppressing  them,  are  fully  set  forth  ;  with 
a  satisfactory  answer  to  their  complaints  made  to  the  Par- 
liament. By  Edw.  Winslow  of  Plymouth  in  New  Eng- 
land. 
Small  4to.  pp.  103.  London.  Printed  hy  Richard  Cotes,  for 
John  Bellamy,  at  the  lhree\Golden  Lions  in 
Cornhill  neare  the  Roy  all  Exchange.      1649. 

This  work  is  the  same  as  the  "  Hypocricie  Unmasked,"  with  a  different  title. 
The  Dedication  to  the  Earl  of  Warwick  is  omitted,  and  in  its  place  is  a 
table  of  contents  filling  the  two  pages. 

New  England's  Salamander,  discovered  by  an  irreli- 


gious and  scornful  pamphlet,  called  New  England's  Jonas 
cast  up  at  London,  &c.,  owned  by  Major  John  Childe,  but 
not  probable  to  be  written  by  him.  Or,  a  satisfactory  An- 
swer to  many  aspersions  cast  upon  New  England  therein. 
Wherein  our  Government  there  is  shewed  to  bee  legall  and 
not  arbitrary,  being  as  neere  the  Law  of  England  as  our 
condition  will  permit.  Together  with  a  briefe  Reply  to 
what  is  written  in  answer  to  certaine  Passages  in  a  late 
Booke  called  Hypocracie  Unmasked. 
Small  4to.  pp.  London.  Printed  by  Ric.  Cotes,  for  John  Bel- 
lamy, and  are  to  bee  sold  at  his  shop  at  the  siyne  of  the  three 
Golden  Lions  inCornehill,  necre  the  Royall  Exchange.  IMl. 


UIIODE    ISLAND.  285 

The  same  Reprinted  in 

Mass.  Hist.  Coll.  3d  series,  vol.  2. 

Woodbury,  Rev.  AuGtisius,  Chaplain  of  the  Reiiimcnt.  A 
Narrative  of  the  Campaign  of  the  First  Rhode  Ishind  Regi- 
ment, in  the  Spring  and  Summer  of  1861.  Illustrated 
with  a  portrait  [of  Gen.  Burnside,]  and  a  map. 

12mo.  pp.  260.  Providence.  Sidney  S.  llider.  1862. 

The  same  work  on  large  paper,  50  copies  printed. 

Oration  delivered  before  the  M.  W.  Grand  Lodge  of 

Rhode  Island,  at  Newport,  June  25,  A.  L.  5860. 

8vo.  pp.  12.  Providence.   Cooke  ^  Daniehon.  1860. 

The  Preservation  of  the  Republic.  An  Oration  de- 
livered before  the  Municipal  Authorities  and  Citizens  of 
Providence,  July  4,  1862. 

8vo.  pp.  23.  Providence.  Knowles,  Anthony  ^  Go. 

Wright,  Rev.  Luther.  Sermon  at  the  installation  of.  See 
Noycs. 

36 


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vOUNG  MEN'S    CHRISTIAN  UNION.    An- 

''  mial  lieports  of  the  President  and  Directors  of 
the  Young  jNIen's  Christian  Union,  presented  to 
the  Corporation,  from  1804  to  ISaO. 


YorxG  Ladies"  High  School.  Exercises  at  the  Reunion  of, 
in  Providence,  R.  I.,  Eehruary  5,  1858;  witli  a  brief 
notice  of  its  founder,  [John  Kingsbury.] 

Svo.  pp.  ?)•').     Portrait  of  Mr.  Kingsbury. 

Providence.    Georffc  H.  Wliitncy.  18.38. 

Young  Men's   Christian    Association,  Bristol.     Consti- 
tution and  List  of  Officers  of.     Organized  December,  1863. 
Small  12mo.  pp.  14.  Providence.  Alfred  Antliovy.  1S63. 

omitted    in    its    PROrEE    PLACE. 

Urowne,  Ansel.  Wonderful  Works  of  God.  A  Narrative 
of  the  wonderful  facts  in  the  case  of  Ansel  Browne,  of 
Westerly,  Rhode  Island,  who,  in  the  midst  of  opposition 
to  the  Christian  religion,  was  suddenly  struck  lilind,  dumb, 
and  deaf;  and  after  18  days  was  suddenly  and  comparative- 
ly restored,  in  the  presence  of  hundreds  of  persons,  in  the 
Christian  Chapel,' at  Westerly,  on  the  l.'jth  Nov.  18oT. 
Wi'itten  under  his  dii'cction. 

l8mo.  ])[>.  47.  and  portrait.  Irrintoii,  X.  J.   1868. 


RHODE    ISLAND.  287 

CoLBURN,  Dana  Pond.  First  Principal  of. the  Rhode  Island 
State  Normal  School.  With  a  sketch  of  the  Institution. 
From  Barnard's  American  Journal  of  Education  for  March, 
18G2. 

8vo.  pp.  29. 

EvSTBURN,  jA>fES  Wai.lis.  Yamoydon  ;  A  Tale  of  the 
Wars  of  King  Philip,  in  Six  Cantos  ;  by  the  late  Rev. 
James  Wallis  Eastburn  and  his  Friend.  Published  by 
James  Eastburn. 

12mo.  pp.  xii.  and  339.  New  York.  1820. 

Tliis  work  was  written  by  Eastburn,  in  connection  with  the  late  Robert  C. 
Sands  of  New  York,  during  liis  residence  at  Bristol,  as  a  student  of  di- 
vinity, with  Rt.  Rev.  A.  V.  Griswold,  Bishop  of  the  Eastern  Diocese,  and 
was  left  in  an  unfinished  state,  at  his  death,  December  2d,  1819.  It  was 
finished  and  prepared  for  publication  b_v  Sands  immediately  afterwards. 


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